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  2. Dense irregular connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    This type of connective tissue is found mostly in the reticular layer (or deep layer) of the dermis. [3] It is also in the sclera and in the deeper skin layers. Due to high portions of collagenous fibers, dense irregular connective tissue provides strength, making the skin resistant to tearing by stretching forces from different directions.

  3. Dermis - Wikipedia

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    The reticular dermis is the lower layer of the dermis, found under the papillary dermis, composed of dense irregular connective tissue featuring densely-packed collagen fibers. It is the primary location of dermal elastic fibers. [2] The reticular region is usually much thicker than the overlying papillary dermis.

  4. Periosteum - Wikipedia

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    The fibrous layer is of dense irregular connective tissue, containing fibroblasts, while the cambium layer is highly cellular containing progenitor cells that develop into osteoblasts. [3] These osteoblasts are responsible for increasing the width of a long bone (the length of a long bone is controlled by the epiphyseal plate ) and the overall ...

  5. Connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Dense connective tissue also known as fibrous tissue [8] is subdivided into dense regular and dense irregular connective tissue. [9] Dense regular connective tissue, found in structures such as tendons and ligaments , is characterized by collagen fibers arranged in an orderly parallel fashion, giving it tensile strength in one direction.

  6. Integumentary system - Wikipedia

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    The dermis is the underlying connective tissue layer that supports the epidermis. It is composed of dense irregular connective tissue and areolar connective tissue such as a collagen with elastin arranged in a diffusely bundled and woven pattern. The dermis has two layers: the papillary dermis and the reticular layer.

  7. Epineurium - Wikipedia

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    The epineurium is the outermost layer of dense irregular connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve. [1] [2] It usually surrounds multiple nerve fascicles as well as blood vessels which supply the nerve. Smaller branches of these blood vessels penetrate into the perineurium. [3]

  8. Human skin - Wikipedia

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    It is composed of dense irregular connective tissue, and receives its name from the dense concentration of collagenous, elastic, and reticular fibres that weave throughout it. These protein fibres give the dermis its properties of strength, extensibility, and elasticity.

  9. Perichondrium - Wikipedia

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    The perichondrium (from Greek περί, peri, 'around' and χόνδρος, chondros, 'cartilage') is a layer of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds the cartilage of developing bone. It consists of two separate layers: an outer fibrous layer and inner chondrogenic layer.