Ligaments:
 Strong band of white fibrous connective tissue (fibrous connective tissue which
attaches bone to bone
 Joins bones to other bones
 Joins bones to fibrocartilage
 Bundles of collagenous fibers
 Provide stability of joints during motion
 In 2 or 3D ???
 serves to hold structures together and keep them stable during motion
 Pliable but not elastic
 Limit freedom of movement
 Hold the attached bones in place
Forms fibrous sheet - Support internal organs
Kidneys
spleen
 Load transmission from where to where?
 Help determine motions between opposing fibro-cartilage surfaces
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also slides on stabilizing role (chart?) and degrees of freedom
Tendons:
 Interposed between muscles and bones
 Muscles attach to bones via tendons
 Transmit the force created in the muscle to bone
 Make joint movement possible
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 A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches muscle to bone. Tendons
may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball. A tendon serves to
move the bone or structure. http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/19089.htm
 Long cylindrical structures
 Tightly packed longitudinally running collagen fibers
 Nuclei and sparse cytoplasm of fibrocytes compressed almost flat between them.
 Relatively avascular
 Slow to heal from trauma injuries
 Basically each muscle has two tendons:
 Proximal
 Distal
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 The attachment of the proximal tendon - muscle origin
 The attachment of the distal tendon - insertion
 The myotendinous junction ( MTJ)
 The point of union with a muscle
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 The osteotendinous junction (OTJ)
 The point of union with a bone
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Force transmission
Sustain high tensile stresses
Saves substantial muscular energy during locomotion
Energy storage capacity
Enables the muscle belly to be at a convenient distance from joint
Satisfies kinematic and damping requirements
Also slides on mechanical properties