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Connective tissue
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Connective tissue is a fibrous tissue.[1] It is one of the four traditional classes of tissues (the others being epithelial, muscle, and nervous tissue). Connective Tissue (CT) is found throughout the body. It has 3 main components; cells, fibers, and extracellular matrix. Connective tissue makes up a variety of physical structures including, tendons, blood, cartilage, bone, adipose tissue, and lymphatic tissue. CT is classified into three subtypes; Embryonic CT, Proper CT, and Special CT. The Proper CT subtype include dense regular CT, dense irregular CT, and loose CT. The Special CT subtype includes Cartilage, Bone, Adipose Tissue, Blood, Hematopoietic Tissue (tissue that makes blood cells) and Lymphatic Tissue. Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content.[2]
Contents
1 Fiber types and characteristics of the connective tissue 2 Disorders of connective tissue 3 Staining of connective tissue 4 References 5 External links
Alpha polypeptide tendon, ligament, skin, cornea, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, gut, chains and intervertebral disc. elastic microfibrill & elastin extracellular matrix
fibers
References
1. ^ "connective tissue (http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp? pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/eight/000109061.htm) " at Dorland's Medical Dictionary 2. ^ Di Lullo, G. A. (2002). "Mapping the Ligand-binding Sites and Disease-associated Mutations on the Most Abundant Protein in the Human, Type I Collagen" (http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/277/6/4223) . Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (6): 422331. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110709200
External links
connective+tissue (http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/srchcont_dict.asp? src=connective+tissue) at eMedicine Dictionary Encyclopaedia Britannica, Connective Tissue (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article9110162/connective-tissue) Overview at kumc.edu (http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/ct/ct.htm) UIUC Histology Subject 230 (https://histo.life.illinois.edu/histo/atlas/oimages.php?oid=230) Connective tissue atlas at uiowa.edu (http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/anatomy/dental/genhisto/GHWIN/unit3/index.html) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connective_tissue" Categories: Connective tissue This page was last modified on 5 August 2011 at 01:26. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.