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Connective tissue   /kənˈɛktɪv tˈɪsjˌu/   Listen
Connective tissue

noun
1.
Tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments.





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"Connective tissue" Quotes from Famous Books



... as mole, may be defined as a circumscribed increase in the pigment of the skin, usually associated with hypertrophy of one or all of the cutaneous structures, especially of the connective tissue and hair. It occurs singly or in numbers; is usually pea-, bean-sized or larger, rounded or irregular, smooth or rough, flat or elevated, and of a color varying from a light brown to black; the hair found thereon ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon


Words linked to "Connective tissue" :   areolar tissue, perineurium, tendon, fascia, ligament, intercellular substance, matrix, cutis, skin, granulation tissue, histiocyte, ground substance, mastocyte, perimysium, granulation, elastic tissue, endoneurium, mast cell, bone marrow, labrocyte, sinew, collagen, submucosa, tegument, bone, facia, animal tissue, marrow, scar tissue, os


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