Yes, ligaments do not attach skeletal muscles directly to bones. Ligaments are fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to bones, while tendons are the structures that attach skeletal muscle to bone. Tendons transmit the force from muscle contraction to the bone to produce movement.
Skeletal muscles can attach to bones directly and indirectly. A direct attachment is when the epimysium (the sheath of connective tissue surrounding the muscle fibre's exterior surface) sticks to and fuses with the periosteum (the connective tissue surrounding the exterior surface of the bone). An indirect attachment is when the epimysium extends beyond the muscle as a tendon and attaches to the periosteum of the bone. This attachment is more common in the human body than a direct attachment.
Very few, if any, skeletal muscles in the human body are not attached to bone at the origin or insertion. There are a few muscles which do not have 2 bony attachments, and instead are connected by tendinous sheaths to other muscles - the abdominal muscles come to mind. If we are talking all muscles, there are many - the heart, which is muscle, is not attached to bone. The smooth muscles in the vasculature, eyes, gut, esophagus, etc are not connected to bone. Depends on which muscle you mean. :) J. DeLaughter, DO
all muscles pull on bones to create movement, since muscles are contractile and bone is rigid. the muscle attaches to the bone via the tendon.
Tendons attach muscles to bones. An example is the Achilles tendon that attaches your calf muscle (gastrocnemius) to the bones in your foot.
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Tendons attach muscles to bones. The very same tissue attaches bone to bones and they are called ligaments.
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they are made of bone? o.O
Skeletal muscles rely on contractions to move the bone they are attached to so it is contract and relax
Bone to bone= ligament bone to muscle = tendon