Connective Tissue Proper

Connective Tissue

Connective Tissue Proper

Fundamentals:

• distinguished by consistency of ground substance
• distinguished by type of arrangement of the reinforcement fibers

Connective Tissue Proper Types:

• A- Loose connective tissue
  • Arelolar Tissue
  • Adipose Tissue
    • White fat
    • Brown fat
  • Reticular Tissue - lymph nodes
• B- Dense
  • regular CT - tendons
  • irregular CT - dermis
• D- Elastic CT - arteries
• G- Adipose - adipose
  • Looose, flexible matrix frequently