Two or more of these attach muscles to bone.

Two or more of these attach muscles to bone.

• A. Bones
• B. Tendons
• C. Ligaments
• D. Cartilage

Answer: (B)

Muscles move the skeleton by pulling on a structure that transmits the force to the bone. That connector is a tendon, a strong fibrous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone. When the muscle contracts, the tendon pulls on the bone to create movement. Bones are the structures being moved, not the connector by which muscles attach. Ligaments bind bones to other bones at joints, not muscles to bones. Cartilage lines joint surfaces and provides cushioning, also not serving as the attachment for muscles. So tendon is the tissue that fits the description of attaching muscles to bone.

Muscles move the skeleton by pulling on a structure that transmits the force to the bone. That connector is a tendon, a strong fibrous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone. When the muscle contracts, the tendon pulls on the bone to create movement.

Bones are the structures being moved, not the connector by which muscles attach. Ligaments bind bones to other bones at joints, not muscles to bones. Cartilage lines joint surfaces and provides cushioning, also not serving as the attachment for muscles. So tendon is the tissue that fits the description of attaching muscles to bone.