"The ligaments are a band of fibrous, slightly elastc connective tissue tt attaches bone to bone. The ligaments help stablize the movements of bones at a joint. "( Glencoe Health Copyright 2005 p....
In higher vertebrates and some invertebrates (annelids, for instance), the peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity or the coelom - it covers most of the...