Tendon And Ligament Flashcards
What are the 4 types of Dense Fibrous Regular Connective Tissues?
Tendon
Ligament
Aponeuroses
Deep fascia
Tendons attach _______ to bone
Muscle
Ligament attach _______ to bone
Bone
What is Aponeuroses?
Sheet-like tendon
What is deep fascia
Compartmentalizes muscle groups
Tendons and Ligaments are similar in that they have a small number of ______ and a large amount of ______________ _______.
Cells; Extracellular matrix
Tendons and ligaments are the same in which they have ___% of cells, ____% ECM
20; 80
Tendons and ligaments have a similar ____________ matrix.
Extracellular
What are the two types of Extracellular matrix in a tendon and ligament?
Fibrillar and Interfibrillar
Tendons and ligaments are similar because of their insertion on _____
Bone
What type of behaviors make tendons and ligament similar?
Viscoelastic behaviors
Tendons and ligaments also have similar _________ structures.
Architectural
Tendon: Cells
Tenocyte/blast
Ligament: Cells
Fibrocyte/blast
Tendon: % ECM
More
Ligament: % ECM
Less
Tendon: % Collagen
More Type I
Less Type III
Ligament: % Collagen
Less Type I
More Type III
Tendon: Organization
Organized
Ligament: Organization
More “random”
Tendon: Orientation
Long axis direction
Ligament: Orientation
Multidirectional
T/F: Ligaments are more able to resist tension (muscle contraction).
False; Tendons are more able to resist tension (muscle contraction).
Tendons and ligaments lack own _______ ________
Blood supply
Vascularization is available from where in tendons and ligaments?
Tendon: muscle, bone, surrounding CT
Ligament: bone, surrounding CT
(Varies across tendons and ligaments)
_________ concentration of Vascularization at the _________ of the tendon/ligament and its attachments.
Higher; surface
