What connective tissue structure connects bone to bone?

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What connective tissue structure connects bone to bone?

Ligaments are bands of dense regular connective tissue that connect bone to bone across joints, providing stability while allowing movement. They’re built to resist tension and guide joint motion, which is why they’re the structures that bind bones together at joints. Tendons connect muscle to bone, fascia surrounds muscles and other structures, and cartilage covers joint surfaces to cushion them, rather than binding bones to each other.

Ligaments are bands of dense regular connective tissue that connect bone to bone across joints, providing stability while allowing movement. They’re built to resist tension and guide joint motion, which is why they’re the structures that bind bones together at joints. Tendons connect muscle to bone, fascia surrounds muscles and other structures, and cartilage covers joint surfaces to cushion them, rather than binding bones to each other.

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