Question
Biology Question on Animal Tissues
Tendon and ligament are example of
A
dense regular connective tissue
B
dense irregular connective tissue
C
loose connective tissue
D
specialised connective tissue
Answer
dense regular connective tissue
Explanation
Solution
Fibres and fibroblasts are compactly packed in the dense connective tissues. 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.