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Tendons and Ligaments:

Tendons and ligaments are composed of dense regular connective tissue
Tendons connect muscles to their attachment sites
All muscles have a tendon connecting the fleshy component of the muscle to its attachment site
In most cases the tendons attach to bone (or cartilage) but in some instances the tendon of one muscle will connect to the tendon of another muscle
This occurs, for example, in the midline of the anterior abdominal wall
Tendons may be long or short
Some tendons have a rounded cross-section, others ovoid and others have a sheet-like configuration
A sheet-like tendon is also known as an aponeurosis
Ligaments connect bone to bone
Most ligaments are composed of collagen and do not stretch
They are usually associated with synovial joints where they help to stabilise the joint by preventing movement in a particular direction
Some synovial joints may have many ligaments
There are some ligaments in the body which contain elastic fibres in addition to collagen fibres
These are mainly secondary ligaments associated with the vertebral column and help to straighten it after it has been bent

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