Definition of Connective tissue

1. Noun. Tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments.

Specialized synonyms: Cutis, Skin, Tegument, Areolar Tissue, Bone, Os, Bone Marrow, Marrow, Elastic Tissue, Endoneurium, Ligament, Perineurium, Perimysium, Sinew, Tendon, Submucosa, Facia, Fascia, Scar Tissue, Granulation, Granulation Tissue
Generic synonyms: Animal Tissue
Terms within: Collagen
Terms within: Histiocyte, Ground Substance, Intercellular Substance, Matrix, Labrocyte, Mast Cell, Mastocyte

Medical Definition of Connective tissue

1. Rather general term for mesodermally derived tissue that may be more or less specialised. Cartilage and bone are specialised connective tissue, as is blood, but the term is probably better reserved for the less specialised tissue that is rich in extracellular matrix (collagen, proteoglycan etc.) and that surrounds other more highly ordered tissues and organs. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Connective Tissue

connecting peptide
connecting rod
connecting room
connecting stalk
connecting tubule
connectins
connection
connection
connectional
connections
connective
connective
connectively
connectives
connective tissue (current term)
connective tissue (current term)
connective tissue activating peptide III
connective tissue cell
connective tissue cells
connective tissue disease
connective tissue group
connective tumour
connectivities
connectivity
connector
connector
connectors
connects
conned
Connell's suture

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