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Ligaments & Tendons - Wings

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Functions<br />

�� Transmit load from bone to bone<br />

�� Hold the skeleton together<br />

�� Flexible but plastic<br />

�� Provide stability at joints<br />

�� Maintain joint congruency<br />

�� Limit freedom of movement<br />

�� Prevent excessive motion by being a static restraint<br />

�� Occasionally act as a positional bend/strain sensor<br />

�� Mediate motions between opposing fibrocartilage surfaces

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