dense regular connective tissue

Dense regular connective tissue provides connection between different tissues.

Dense regular connective tissue has great tensile strength that resists pulling forces especially well in one direction.

The collagen fibers in dense regular connective tissue are bundled in a parallel fashion.

In its most common use, a ligament is a short band of tough fibrous dense regular connective tissue composed mainly of long, stringy collagen fibers.

It is often divided into "Dense regular connective tissue" and "Dense irregular connective tissue".

Dense irregular connective tissue has fibers that are not arranged in parallel bundles as in dense regular connective tissue.

Histologically, tendons consist of dense regular connective tissue fascicles encased in dense irregular connective tissue sheaths.

Like ligaments, aponeuroses, and tendons, fasciae are dense regular connective tissues, containing closely packed bundles of collagen fibers oriented in a wavy pattern parallel to the direction of pull.

"Ligament" most commonly refers to a band of tough, fibrous dense regular connective tissue bundles, comprising attenuated collagenous fibers; with said bundles protected by dense irregular connective tissue sheaths.