________ connects muscle to bones.

Concept:

• Tendons are fibrous connective tissues, and connects muscle to the bones.
• Ligaments join one bone to bone, while tendons connect muscle to bone for a proper functioning of the body.
• Both Tendons and Ligaments are made of collagen.
• Cartilage 
  • is a resilient and smooth elastic tissue, rubber-like padding that covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints.
  • It is a structural component of the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchial tubes, the intervertebral discs, and many other body components.
  • It is not as hard and rigid as bone, but it is much stiffer and much less flexible than muscle.

• Areolar tissue is a type of loose connective tissue.

  • ?It holds organs in place and attaches epithelial tissue to other underlying tissues.

  • It also surrounds the blood vessels and nerves.