NEET2011ZoologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsActual
Tendon and ligament are example of
Options
- Adense regular connective tissue
- Bdense irregular connective tissue
- Cloose connective tissue
- Dspecialised connective tissue.
Correct answer
A. dense regular connective tissue
Step-by-step 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.