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Loose connective tissue is kind of what it sounds like; it is connective tissue that is loose. Loose connective tissue surrounds nerves, blood vessels, and also keeps organs and epithelia in place. If you wanted to send a fragile vase to be delivered, you would want to pack a box with paper, bubble wrap, etc. Well, imagine all of our insides, they need to be "packed" as well and connective tissue does that.
In other words, loose connective tissue has basically 3 functions: 1. Bring cushion to the organs and storage energy (adipose), 2. Combined strength, elasticity, and support (areolar), 3. Give frame to the organs (Reticular).
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∙ 12y agoIt may be found in tissue sections from almost every part of the body. It surrounds blood vessels and nerves and penetrates with them even into the small spaces of muscles, tendons, and other tissues. It may likewise be present in the mediastinal extremities. Nearly every epithelium rests on a layer of areolar tissue, whose blood vessels provide the epithelium with nutrition, waste removal, and a ready supply of infection-fighting leukocytes in times of need. Because the abundance of open, fluid-filled space, leukocytes can move about freely in areolar tissue and can easily find and destroy pathogens.
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Which one of the four major types of membranes consists of fibrous connective tissue overlying loose connective tissue?
Mucous membrane
Define connective tissue?
connective tissue is a form of fibrous tissue
What bone regions are united by fibrous connective tissue?
There is no fibrous connective tissue in bone, but there is dense irregular tissue known as periosteum that covers bones (all except the articulating surfaces) and provides attachment sites for tendons and ligaments.
Is collagen and connective tissue the same?
Technically they are the same. Fibrous connective tissue is basically any kind of connective tissue different than adipose and areolar. The fibrous connective tissue has more fibroblast and collagen fiber (a characteristic of dense connective tissue) but no much of elastic fibers (which is the histological difference with cartilage). Of course, we have to exclude blood, lymph and bones from the fibrous tissues because they are specialized connective tissue and have totally different characteristics than dense and loose connective tissue.
What connective tissue has a jelly like matrix?
Blood is a connective tissue that has a liquid matrix.
Fibrous connective tissue overlying loose connective tissue is?
The deeper part of the dermis of the skin. Basically, this part of the dermis has dense or fibrous irregular conective tissue, which provides strength to the skin. Below this tissue there is loose connective tissue (areolar connective tissue and adipose tissue) that are part of the subcutaneous layer of the skin. As you know, the dermis is part of the cutaneous membrane.
Tissue that provides support and connects body parts?
The group of tissue with the two types, soft and hard tissue, is connective tissue. Loose connective tissue and fibrous connective tissue hold your body parts together.
How do loose and connective tissue differ?
Loose Connective Tissue consists of a lot of ground substance and it has all 3 types of protein fibers. Dense Connective Tissue on the other hand has little ground substance, few cells, and although it has most protein fibers it mainly consists of collagen fibers.
Which one of the four major types of membranes consists of fibrous connective tissue overlying loose connective tissue?
Mucous membrane
Define connective tissue?
connective tissue is a form of fibrous tissue
What layer of the epidermis contains protein fibres?
No, there is not dense connective tissue in the epidermis. There is loose connective tissue right below the epidermis (areolar connective tissue).
What is the connective tissue that holds organs together?
The internal organs are held in place by the messentaries and the greater and lesser omentums.
What type of tissue makes up of the integumentary system?
The epidermis consists of stratified squamous epithelium. The dermis consists of fibrous connective tissue. The hypodermis consists of loose connective tissue and adipose tissue.
What bone regions are united by fibrous connective tissue?
There is no fibrous connective tissue in bone, but there is dense irregular tissue known as periosteum that covers bones (all except the articulating surfaces) and provides attachment sites for tendons and ligaments.
What is a connectve tissue?
Connective tissue, as it names suggests, has a 'connective' function. It supports and binds tissues in the body. There are three types of connective tissue. 1. Loose - most common. Collagen, elastic, reticular fibres. 2. Dense (or fibrous) - tendons and ligaments 3. Specialised - e.g. adipose (fat) tissue is a type of specialised loose connective tissue.
What is the fibrous tissue that covers muscles?
connective tissue
Is collagen and connective tissue the same?
Technically they are the same. Fibrous connective tissue is basically any kind of connective tissue different than adipose and areolar. The fibrous connective tissue has more fibroblast and collagen fiber (a characteristic of dense connective tissue) but no much of elastic fibers (which is the histological difference with cartilage). Of course, we have to exclude blood, lymph and bones from the fibrous tissues because they are specialized connective tissue and have totally different characteristics than dense and loose connective tissue.
