MEDICAL
ARTERIES
Question
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What is a tendon?
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join bone to bone
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join muscle to bone
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reduce friction between bones
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. Tendons may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball. A tendon serves to move the bone or structure.
Detailed explanation-2: -This attachment site will be referred to in this review as an ‘enthesis’, but it is also known as an ‘insertion site’, or an ‘osteotendinous’ or ‘osteoligamentous’ junction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Final answer: Tendons that attach skeletal muscle to bones and ligaments, which attach one bone to another are examples of dense regular connective tissues.
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