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The extracellular matrix is a characteristic of connective tissue.
Extracellular matrix includes not just ground substance, but also protein fibers. Ground substance consists of fluid, nonfibrous protein and other molecules.
The ground substance of the extracellular matrix.
Connective tissue contains specialized cells, extracellular protein fibers, ground substance (fluid) and matrix. Matrix is protein fibers and ground substance combined and it surrounds the specialized cells.
The space between cells can be called the extracellular space, the extracellular material, or the extracellular matrix. This space is not a vacuum; it is filled with material. If the material is gel-like it is called the ground substance, which is filled with many dissolved solute particles, and the tissue will be loose. If the material in the extracellular space has some fibers of protein in it, the entire tissue will have a stronger consistency.
Collagen is the connective tissue.
the extracellular matrix. It contains a gel-like ground substance and protein fibers. connective tissues have a lot of extracellular matrix compared to epithelial tissues that have very little.
The cells are often bound to the extracellular matrix by proteins in the plasma membrane. The extracellular matrix is the structural support of tissue.
1. Connective Tissue Proper- Extracellular fibers and a syrupy ground substances2. Fluid Connective Tissue- Watery matrix3. Supporting Connective Tissue- Densely packed fibers, the matrix consists of calcium salts
The Extracellular Matrix
Ground substance and fibers
matrix