These are irregular fibres scattered here and there upon the osseous
surfaces, without any order, intermixed in different directions between
the sacrum and the ilium, upon the summit of the acromion, &c. We see
many of these fibres, around some of the moveable articulations; much
cellular texture separates them. They cannot offer any general views.
In general, the fibrous system is not as regularly organized in the
ligaments as it is in the tendons, as the muscular system is in the
muscles, &c. In the ligaments even with regular fasciæ, we often see
fibres going in different directions, separating from the principal
fascia, without any very distinct order.