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Ligaments are structures that hold bones together at joints (Figure 3.20). They are made up of dense regularly arranged connective tissues with a predominance of collagenous fibers arranged into bundles, and a small number of fibroblastic‐like or synoviocyte‐like cells. Ligaments can be either extrinsic ligaments located outside a synovial joint or strategic reinforcing thickenings of a joint capsule (intrinsic ligaments). These features are summarized in Table 3.6.