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Chapter : 2. Tissue
Difference between tendon and ligament :
Difference between tendon and ligament : Tendons
1. Tendons are very tough and inelastic. 2. They connect the skeletal muscles with the bones. 3. Tendons are made up of white fibrous tissue. Yellow elastic fibres are, however, absent. 4. Fibroblasts occur in rows.
Ligaments 1. Ligaments are elastic. 2. Ligaments connect bones to other bones at joints. 3. Ligaments are made up of yellow elastic fibres. The white fibres also occur but they are very fine. 4. Fibroblasts lies scatered.