GENERAL HISTOLOGY

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is true about tendons and ligaments?
A
Ligaments connect muscle to bone and tendons connect bone to bone.
B
Ligaments and tendons are both highly vascular.
C
Ligaments connect bone to bone and tendons connect muscle to bone.
D
The Achilles ligament connects to gastrocnemius (calf muscle) to the calcaneus (heel bone)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ligaments connect bones to other bones. Tendons connect muscles to bones. True.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tendons may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball. A tendon serves to move the bone or structure. A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together and keep them stable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements is true about tendons and ligaments? Tendons connect muscles to bones and ligaments connect bones to bones.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tendon and ligament are dense, fibrous connective tissues that connect muscle and bone or bone and bone and transmit the mechanical forces that stabilize the skeleton and allow for body movement (10, 11).

Detailed explanation-5: -They are elastic. They join bones to bones.

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