{"id":1855,"date":"2020-07-14T11:43:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T11:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2020-07-14T11:46:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T11:46:15","slug":"q-6-describe-the-role-of-tendons-and-ligaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-6-describe-the-role-of-tendons-and-ligaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.6 Describe the role of tendons and ligaments."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q.6 Describe the role of tendons and ligaments.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Introduction<\/strong><br \/>\nTendons and ligaments are bands of connective tissue (made of collagen).<br \/>\n<strong>Tendons<\/strong><br \/>\nTendons are bands of connective tissues in which collagen fibers are tightly packed. These are tough bands which attach muscles to bones. When muscle contracts, tendon exerts a pulling force on the attached bone, which moves as a result<br \/>\n<strong> Ligaments<\/strong><br \/>\nLigaments are also the bands of connective tissues having highly packed collagen fiber. Ligaments are strong but flexible bands and join one bone to another at joints.<br \/>\n<strong>Function<\/strong><br \/>\nThey prevent dislocation of bones at joints.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1856 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ligaments.jpg\" alt=\"ligaments\" width=\"338\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ligaments.jpg 338w, https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ligaments-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/unit-13-support-and-movement-long-questions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q.6 Describe the role of tendons and ligaments. Introduction Tendons and ligaments are bands of connective tissue (made of collagen). Tendons Tendons are bands of connective tissues in which collagen fibers are tightly packed. These are tough bands which attach muscles to bones. When muscle contracts, tendon exerts a pulling force on the attached bone,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-6-describe-the-role-of-tendons-and-ligaments\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q.6 Describe the role of tendons and ligaments.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}