- Source: Dense connective tissue
Dense connective tissue, also called dense fibrous tissue, is a type of connective tissue with fibers as its main matrix element. The fibers are mainly composed of type I collagen. Crowded between the collagen fibers are rows of fibroblasts, fiber-forming cells, that generate the fibers. Dense connective tissue forms strong, rope-like structures such as tendons and ligaments. Tendons attach skeletal muscles to bones; ligaments connect bones to bones at joints. Ligaments are more stretchy and contain more elastic fibers than tendons. Dense connective tissue also make up the lower layers of the skin (dermis), where it is arranged in sheets. In addition, the sclera contains dense connective tissue
Classification
It is classified as either dense regular connective tissue or dense irregular connective tissue.
See also
Loose connective tissue
References
External links
Anatomy photo: TermsCells&Tissues/connective/dense/dense1 - Comparative Organology at University of California, Davis - "Connective tissue, dense (LM, Low)"
Histology at cytochemistry.net
Overview at downstate.edu Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Connective tissue
- Dense connective tissue
- Dense regular connective tissue
- Dense irregular connective tissue
- Loose connective tissue
- Reticular connective tissue
- Nervous tissue
- Stroma (tissue)
- Foramen
- Type I collagen
