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Loose connective tissue (LCT), also called areolar tissue, belongs to the category of connective tissue proper. Its cellular content is highly abundant and varied. The ECM is composed of a moderate amount of ground substance and two main types of protein fibers: elastic and reticular fibers.
Areolar tissue, found in the hypodermis of the skin and below the epithelial layers of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary tracts, is a loose connective tissue proper, as is adipose tissue, also known as fat.
Recognize different types of connective tissue (e.g., dense irregular, dense regular, loose, adipose) and know examples where they are found in the body. Recognize basement membranes (or basal lamina) in light micrograph and EM sections and know their functions.
Suppose you want to identify loose connective tissues slide under the light microscope. In that case, you might have a piece of good knowledge on different types of connective tissue cells, fibers and ground substances of connective tissue.
Virtual microscope slides of loose, dense regular, dense irregular, and embryonic connective tissue. The fixed and transient cells found in connective tissue.
In this slide of AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE (often called simply “loose connective” tissue), observe the loose arrangement of the collagen fibers. Here one can see the delicate, and unorganized, arrangement of the collagen fibers comprising this example of areolar connective tissue.
Areolar connective tissue is the classic, most-common type of loose connective tissue. Areolar connective tissue is found in many places in our body. It anchors epithelial tissues, as part of the basement membrane. Areolar connective tissue is also found in the dermis of our skin.