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Define the following : tendon, ligament and cartilage.

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(i) Tendons are cork -like , strong inelastic structure that join skeletal muscle to bone.
(ii) Ligaments are eleastic structure which connect bones to bones.
(iii) Cartilage is a tough , flexible connective tissue found in all vertrates consisting of cartilage cells (chondrocyte) in a matrix of collagen fbires and a rubbery protein gel (containing molecules such as chondrin).
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