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  2. Connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue is one of the four primary types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. [ 1 ] It develops mostly from the mesenchyme, derived from the mesoderm, the middle embryonic germ layer. [ 2 ] Connective tissue is found in between other tissues everywhere in the body, including the nervous ...

  3. Stroma (tissue) - Wikipedia

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    Stroma (tissue) Stroma (from Ancient Greek στρῶμα 'layer, bed, bed covering') is the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role. It is made up of all the parts without specific functions of the organ - for example, connective tissue, blood vessels, ducts, etc. The other part, the parenchyma, consists of the cells that ...

  4. Tissue (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue gives shape to organs and holds them in place. Blood, bone, tendon, ligament, adipose, and areolar tissues are examples of connective tissues. One method of classifying connective tissues is to divide them into three types: fibrous connective tissue, skeletal connective tissue, and fluid connective tissue.

  5. Synovial membrane - Wikipedia

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    Histology of a synovial membrane. H&E stain. The synovial membrane is variable but often has two layers: [4] The outer layer, or subintima, can be of almost any type of connective tissue – fibrous (dense collagenous type), adipose (fatty; e.g. in intra-articular fat pads) or areolar (loose collagenous type).

  6. Loose connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    The papillary dermis consists of loose connective tissue. Loose connective tissue, also known as areolar tissue, is a cellular connective tissue with thin and relatively sparse collagen fibers. They have a semi-fluid matrix with lesser proportions of fibers. Its ground substance occupies more volume than the fibers do.

  7. Reticular connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Reticular connective tissue. Reticular connective tissue is a type of connective tissue [ 1 ] with a network of reticular fibers, made of type III collagen [ 2 ] (reticulum = net or network). Reticular fibers are not unique to reticular connective tissue, but only in this tissue type are they dominant. [ 3 ]

  8. Extracellular matrix - Wikipedia

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    In terms of injury repair and tissue engineering, the extracellular matrix serves two main purposes. First, it prevents the immune system from triggering from the injury and responding with inflammation and scar tissue. Next, it facilitates the surrounding cells to repair the tissue instead of forming scar tissue.

  9. Reticular fiber - Wikipedia

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    Reticular fibers, reticular fibres or reticulin is a type of fiber in connective tissue [1] composed of type III collagen secreted by reticular cells. [2] They are mainly composed of reticulin protein and form a network or mesh. Reticular fibers crosslink to form a fine meshwork (reticulin). This network acts as a supporting mesh in soft ...