group of tissues in the body that maintains the form of the body and its organs and provides cohesion and internal support. The connective tissues ... [9 related articles]
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Supporting tissue that surrounds other tissues and organs. Specialized connective tissue includes bone, cartilage, blood, and fat.
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Tissue that supports, binds, or separates more specialized tissues and organs of the body. Connective tissue serves as packing, holds the cells of organs together, passes on nutrients to other tissues from the blood, and may be active in fighting disease-causing organisms. The cells in connective ti...
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- one of the four main types of collections of cells (tissues) which consists of cells in a matrix of ground substance and fibres. Some connective tissues support structures like blood vessels and glands. Others are more structural, like bone, tendons and cartilage.
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A body tissue which makes up the main part of bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons, and surrounds other tissues and organs
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Packing material that exists within and/or between the more specialised structures of the body, and acts to support, bind or separate these structures.
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<pathology> Rather general term for mesodermally derived tissue that may be more or less specialised. Cartilage and bone are specialised connective tissue, as is blood, but the term is probably better reserved for the less specialised tissue that is rich in extracellular matrix (collagen, proteoglycan etc.) and that surrounds other more highl...
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a fibrous type of body tissue with varied functions; it supports and connects internal organs, forms bones and the walls of blood vessels, attaches muscles to bones, and replaces tissues of other types following injury. Connective tissue consists mainly of long fibers embedded in noncellular matter, the ground substance. ...
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Tissue that serves as the framework of the body, surrounding, supporting and connecting organs, muscles, joints and other body parts.
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A material made up of fibers forming a framework and support structure for body tissues and organs.
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The tissue that supports, binds, provides structure to, separates or encloses other tissues. This means bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, muscle etc.
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Rather general term for mesodermally derived tissue that may be more or less specialized. Cartilage and bone are specialized connective tissue, as is blood, but the term is probably better reserved for the less specialized tissue that is rich in extracellular matrix (collagen, proteoglycan etc.) and that surrounds other more highly ordered tissues and organs.
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A jelly like substance which supports organs, fills the spaces around them and supports ligaments and tendons.
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Connective tissue: A material made up of fibers forming a framework and support structure for body tissues and organs. Connective tissue surrounds many organs. Cartilage and bone are specialized forms of connective tissue. All connective tissue is derived from mesoderm, the middle germ cell layer in the embryo.
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One of the four basic tissue types within the body. It is a binding and supportive tissue with abundant matrix.
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Connective tissue is derived from the mesenchyme and includes a number of tissues which have a passive, binding function. In a connective tissue the parent cells are separated more or less widely from one another by a homogeneous matrix or ground substance, in which fibres may or may not be present.
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an animal tissue comprising fibres, cells, fluid, blood and lymph vessels, scattered through an amorphous matrix.
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A general term encompassing the different types of supportive tissues that hold together many body structures.
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Tissue that surrounds other more highly ordered tissues and organs; blood, cartilage and bone.
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Tissues that provide support and cohesion for the body, e.g. white collagen fibres which form tendons, the basis of bone, and fibrous cartilage: yellow elastic fibreswhich form ligaments, and the basis of elastic cartilage; bone and cartilage. Others form sheets or mesenteries which hold organs in place.
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The connective tissues of the body are the tissues that hold the organs and other body structures in place. Specialised connective tissues include bones, cartilage, muscles, and nerves. Cancers of connective tissue are called sarcomas.
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strong tissue that connects and supports body structures
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noun 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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In animals, tissue made up of a noncellular substance, the extracellular matrix, in which some cells are embedded. Skin, bones, tendons, cartilage, and adipose tissue (fat) are the main connective tissues. There are also small amounts of connective tissue in organs such as the brain and liver, where they maintain shape and structure
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a tissue, usually of mesoblastic origin, that connects, supports, or surrounds other tissues, organs, etc.
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