Question

how are tendons different from ligaments​

Answer 1

Tendons :

• Tendons are the fibrous connective tissues .

• They have great strength .

• Have limited flexibility .

• Made up of white fibres .

• Connect Bone to Muscle .

Ligament :

• Ligaments are very elastic .

• Have a great amount of strength .

• Show very little matrix .

• Made up of yellow fibres .

• Connect Bone to Bone

Thus both are different terms but follow the same function of connecting two parts of the body either bones to bones or bones to muscles .

★ Supplementary information :

• Both of the fibres are are under the category of connective tissues .

• Tissues are a group of cells that have similar function , origin , appearance etc .

• Connective tissues are important for connecting different types of body parts . Examples :

1. Bones
2. Ligaments
3. Tendons
4. Cartilage
5. Blood
6. Lymph
7. Adipose
8. Areolar
9. Simple Proper Connectives

• There are more types of tissues like:

1. Epithelial tissues
2. Nervous tissues
3. Muscle tissues

Answer 2

Answer :-

The differentiation between Tendons and Ligaments are :-

★ Tendons -

• It consists of non - contractile fibres.

• It is quite more sensitive than ligaments so it is found in the middle of covering of bones and cartilages.

• They are directly attached to muscular and skeletal systems so it is helpful in movement.

• Basically it is a connective tissue that connects muscles with bones and cartilages.

• It is tough and elastic.

• It is rarely possible that a single muscle has more than one tendon.

• The content of Proteoglycan is quite low.

• It is white in colour with poor blood supply because it is joined to muscles which doesn't require much force to do work.

• The content of Fibreoplast lie in the form of rows in this tissue. They are compact and lie in parallel bundles.

★ Ligaments -

• It consists of contractile fibres.

• It is harder than tendons so it is found between the covering of two bones.

• Since it is directly attached to skeletal system and cartilages only, it controls the dislocation of bones.

• It is also a connective tissue that is present between the two bones in the joints to form a bond between them.

• It is more elastic than tendons.

• Due to its elastic and meshy nature, each joint can have many ligaments.

• Here, the Proteoglycan content is comparatively more than the tendons.

• It is yellow in colour with same as poor supply of blood, because it doesn't need much effort to cause a movement.

• In this tissue, Fibreoplasts lie scattered. They are arranged in compactly packed form.

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★ More to know :-

• Different types of Ligaments are :-

» Articular Ligament

» Remnant Ligament

» Peritonial Ligament

• Fibreoplasts form the structural framework of the connective tissues.

• Tendons and Ligaments contain very much collagen.

• Tendons and Ligaments lack blood vessels which is also a cause for poor supply of blood.

• Both Tendons and Ligaments play a significant function in movement of vertebrates.