tela

1. A thin weblike structure.
2. A tissue, especially of delicate formation.

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Pl. telae [L.] a thin weblike tissue or structure.

• t. choroidea — a thin, web-like layer of connective tissue; a component of the choroid plexus.
• t. conjunctivae — connective tissue.
• t. elastica — elastic tissue.
• subcutaneous t. — the deepest layer of the skin, between the dermis and the fascia of the muscles. Called also hypodermis.
• submucosal t. — the connective tissue that supports a mucous membrane and that lines the deep surface of the tunica muscularis of viscera. The tissue serves as a framework that adapts to the changes in shape and size of the organ.
• subserosal t. — the connective tissue beneath the serous layer of a viscus.