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Tissues

Question
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Differentiate between tendon and ligament.

Solution

Tendon

Ligament

1. It attaches bone skeletal muscle to a bone.

1. It connects a bone with another bone.

2. It contains thick parallel bundles of white collagen fibres.

2. It contains both white collagen and yellow elastic fibres running in different direction.

3. It is non-elastic .

3. It is elastic. 

4. Less flexibility

4. More flexibility.