Question

Tendons and ligaments are examples of

Answer 1

Hint: Tendons and Ligaments are tissues and they differ in their anatomical locations as ligaments help in attaching a bone to another bone. Whereas, tendons are present between a muscle and bone.

Complete answer:
The connective tissues are named so because of their special ability of linkage and supporting other tissue or organs of complex organisms. The connective tissue starts from the soft connective tissue to the most specialised types such as cartilage, bones, adipose and blood. The cells secrets structural protein fibre known as collagen or elastin on all the connective tissue except the blood. The fibres give strength, elasticity and flexibility to the tissues.

The modified polysaccharides are also secreted by these cells which gather between the cells and fibres and work as a matrix which is a ground substance. The connective tissue can be classified into three different types: loose connective tissues, dense connective tissues and specialised connective tissue.

 In loose connective tissue the cells and fibres are loosely arranged in a semi-fluid ground substance and help as a support framework for epithelium. The other type of loose connective tissue is adipose tissue which is located just beneath the skin. Due to the adaptation the fibres show a regular or irregular pattern of dense connective tissue. The collagen fibres are present in rows between many parallel bundles of fibres in dense regular connective tissue.

Tendons which help to attach the skeletal muscles to bones and ligaments which help to attach one bone to another are examples of dense regular connective tissues. The specialised connective tissue consists of cartilage, bones and blood.

Note: The function of connective tissue is as follows,
-They help in binding and also provide support
-They store reserve fuel
-They help in transport of substances
-They help in protection