Connective tissue

Connective tissue: characteristics, functions and types Connective tissues are the major supporting tissue of the body. It is composed of variety of cells, fibre (non-living [...]

Illustration about Connective tissue that supports, binds, or separates more specialized tissues and organs of the body. Human anatomy. Illustration of schematic, disease, element - 40128072

Connective tissue. On-line free medical diagnosis assistant. Ranked list of possible diseases from either several symptoms or a full patient history. A similarity measure between symptoms and diseases is provided.

Connective Tissue. The illustration shows the dense, adipose, areolar, compact bone, and blood tissues. Illustration by E Gregory

connective tissue chart name description reticular connective tissue located in: spleen, lymph nodes darkly stained, highly branched, cherry areolar connective

Areolar tissue (loose fibrous connective tissue) are characterized by lots of ground substance (more space, less fibers). It contains collagen and elastic fibers, fibroblasts, and numbers blood vessels. It can be found underlying almost all epithelia (providing nutrients from blood vessels to epithelia) , around blood vessels, esophagus, trachea, etc. It functions to loosely bind epithelia to other tissues, immune function, and allows passage for nerves/blood vessels.

Comparing Tissues - Epithelium, Muscle, Connective Tissue and Nervous Tissue

© 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. Connective Tissue Found everywhere in the body Includes the most abundant and widely distributed tissues Functions: Provides protection Binds body tissues together Supports the body © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.