Differentiate between the following.
Ligament and tendon

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Fibrous or dense connective tissue consists of densely packed fibers and cell components of tendons and ligaments.
Fibrous connective tissue binds one bone to another and muscle to bone.
Tendon
Ligament
It is strong and nonelastic. It is strong but elastic.
It is formed of white, nonelastic fibrous tissue. It is formed of yellow, elastic tissue.
It is present at the end of muscle bundles. It is present between the end of bones.
It joins skeletal muscles to the end of the bone. It joins the ends of two bones.

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Tendon	Ligament
It is strong and nonelastic.	It is strong but elastic.
It is formed of white, nonelastic fibrous tissue.	It is formed of yellow, elastic tissue.
It is present at the end of muscle bundles.	It is present between the end of bones.
It joins skeletal muscles to the end of the bone.	It joins the ends of two bones.