![Illustration of the wrist tendons](https://veritas.widen.net/content/zavghvzpwq/png/wrist-tendon-illustration.png?use=idsla&color=&retina=false&u=at8tiu&w=974&h=548&crop=yes&k=c)
The wrist’s tendons are bundles of long fibrous bands of protein that connect a forearm muscle to a hand bone.
![Illustration wrist ligaments](https://veritas.widen.net/content/g5oba8koqr/png/wrist-ligaments-illustration.png?use=idsla&color=&retina=false&u=at8tiu&w=974&h=548&crop=yes&k=c)
Ligaments of the wrist are fibrous bands of tissue that connect the wrist’s carpal bones with each other or with the bones of the forearm and hand.