Question

Bradley tripped and tore one of the tendons surrounding his ankle. in anguish with pain, he asked his doctor how quickly he could expect it to heal. what do you think the doctor's response was and why

Answer 1

Recovery with being long and painful because collagenous structures like tendons are so poorly vascularized

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Answer 2

Tendon is a flexible cord of strong collagen tissues that attaches muscles to bones. Tendon gets injured when the tissue fibers gets tear down. These tendons gets swells up after injury and takes lots of time to recover. The doctor will suggest that recovery of the tendons will be long and painfull because of the damage of the tendon fibers.