flirt (third-person singular simple present flirts, present participle flirting, simple past and past participle flirted) ( 1 transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. ( 2 intransitive) To jeer at; to mock. ( 3 intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions. ( transitive) To blurt out.
Structure. Histologically, tendons consist of dense regular connective tissue fascicles encased in dense irregular connective tissue sheaths. Normal healthy tendons are composed mostly of parallel arrays of collagen fibers closely packed together. They are anchored to bone by Sharpey's fibres.
A tendon is defined as a fibrous cord of connective tissue continuous with the fibers of a muscle and attaching the muscle to bone or cartilage--a muscle to bone connection. A ligament is defined as a band of tissue connecting bone or cartilage, serving to support and strengthen joints--a bone to bone connection.