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What is a Tendon? |
Tough Tissue that is flexible but inelastic of stranded tissue |
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Where are tendons found? |
Where a muscle is attached to a bone |
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What do tendons do ? |
They attach muscle to the bone allowing and facilitating locomotion |
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What is a Ligament ? |
A short band of tough flexible fibrous connective tissue |
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Where are Ligaments found? |
Anywhere that bones are connected |
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What do Ligaments do ? |
Ligaments Connect 2 bones or cartilages They Can also hold together a joint |
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What is Cartilage ? |
Strong but flexible support material It has an abundance of collagenous fibres within a rubbery matrix |
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Where is Cartilage? |
1. The nose 2. The ears 3. The rings that reinforce the windpipe 4. The discs that act as cushions between vertebrae |
1. and 2. People get them pierced |
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What does cartilage do ? |
Provides flexible support |
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What would happen without Tendons, Ligaments and Cartilage? |
The Skelton would be rigid and weak |
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