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Definition of Areolar tissue
1. Noun. Fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net.
Medical Definition of Areolar tissue
1. Loose, irregularly arranged connective tissue that consists of collagenous and elastic fibres, a protein polysaccharide ground substance, and connective tissue cells (fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, and sometimes fat cells, plasma cells, leukocytes, and pigment cells). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Areolar Tissue
Literary usage of Areolar tissue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Between the fascia transversalis and the peritoneum is a quantity of loose areolar
tissue. In some .subjects it i,s it siderable thickness and loaded with ..."
2. Microscopical Researches Into the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of by Theodor Schwann (1847)
"Most areolar tissue may be distended by forcing air into it, and then innumerable
cellular spaces arc seen communicating with each other in it ; it is not ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"areolar tissue.—This is so called because its meshes can be easily distended with
air or ... The chief use of areolar tissue is to bind parts together, ..."
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