(from the article `respiration, human`) ...bone marrow, and their task is to keep the air–blood barrier clean and unobstructed. The tissue space between the endothelium of the capillaries ... ...while storing fluids. Beneath this layer is connective tissue composed of a thick network of elastic fibres and blood vessels. The tissue ...
Synonym for connective tissue ... <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.) a...
connective tissue between the cellular elements of a structure.
Type: Term Synonyms: connective tissue
[n] - tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal
noun tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal