Connective tissue
One of the many basic types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.
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Fibroblast
Type of biological cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, produces the structural framework for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing.
Type of biological cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, produces the structural framework for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing.
Fibroblasts are the most common cells of connective tissue in animals.
Tendon
A tendon or sinew is a tough, high-tensile-strength band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.
Adipose tissue
Adipose tissue, body fat, or simply fat is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes.
Collagen
Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix found in the body's various connective tissues.
Epithelium
Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue.
Bone
For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) or Bones (disambiguation).
For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) or Bones (disambiguation).
Bone tissue (osseous tissue), which is also called bone in the uncountable sense of that word, is hard tissue, a type of specialized connective tissue.
Mast cell
Resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin.
Resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin.
Mast cells in rodents are classically divided into two subtypes: connective tissue-type mast cells and mucosal mast cells.
Adipocyte
Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat.
Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat.
Mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into adipocytes, connective tissue, muscle or bone.
Proteoglycan
Proteoglycans are proteins that are heavily glycosylated.
Proteoglycans are proteins that are heavily glycosylated.
Proteoglycans occur in connective tissue.