Loose connective tissue

Fibroblasts with thick bundles of collagen in extracellular space between.Note that in dense regular connective tissue the cells and bundles of collagen are organised in rows and running in the same direction.

This type of connective tissue is found in ligaments and tendons. In a long tendon, would these rows of cells and collagen bundles be lying along the long axis of the tendon or at 90 degrees to the long axis of the tendon? Why?

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