Question

What happens if ligaments are cut or broken?
A)Bones will move freely at joints
B)No movement at joints
C)Bone will become unfix
D)Bone will become fixed

Answer 1

Hint: Ligaments are the elastic connective tissues in our body that connects joints to joints and helps by giving them support and limiting their movement.

Complete answer:
The ligaments are the tough fibrous bands of connective tissues that help to protect the internal organs .they are present in the knees, ankles, elbows, shoulder, and other joints. They ensure that the bones in the joint do not twist or move apart. They are composed of spindle-shaped cells called fibrocytes.

Option A: The ligaments are important as they join bones at joints. If the ligaments are cut the joints will not have any support therefore this is an incorrect option.

Option B: The joints will not be present if there are no ligaments therefore this is an incorrect option.

Option C: The ligaments are important as they join bones at joints. If the ligaments are cut the bones will become unfixed therefore this is the correct option.

Option D: The bones cannot become fixed in the absence of ligaments therefore this is an incorrect option.

The ligaments are of two types:
1)The white ligament: these types of ligaments are rich in collagen and are inelastic in nature.
2)The yellow ligaments: these types of ligaments are elastic in nature and are quite tough. 3)Even though these types of ligaments are tough they allow perfect elastic movement.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: Ligaments have a lot of strong collagen fibers arranged tightly and compressed which make them tough, flexible, stress-resistant but they allow movement only up to a limit and do not move far apart.