Question

Tendons and ligaments belongs to

• A. Muscular tissue
• B. Epithelial tissue
• C. Fibrous connective tissue
• D. Areolar connective tissue

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fibrous connective tissue

• Dense connective tissue, also called dense fibrous tissue, is a type of connective tissue with fibres as its main matrix element.
• Fibres and fibroblasts are compactly packed in the dense connective tissues.
• The orientation of fibres show a regular or irregular pattern and are called dense regular and dense irregular tissues.
• In the dense regular connective tissues, the collagen fibres are present in rows between many parallel bundles of fibres.
• Tendons, which attach skeletal muscles to bones and ligaments which attach one bone to another are examples of this tissue. Hence, tendons and ligaments belong to fibrous connective tissue.

So, the correct answer is 'fibrous connective tissue'.