Dense connective tissue

Dense connective tissue
Dense connective tissue
Latin textus connectivus compactus
Code TH H2.00.03.1.00003

Dense connective tissue, also called dense fibrous tissue, has fibers as its main matrix element. [1]

Dense connective tissue is mainly composed of collagen type I. Crowded between the collagen fibers are rows of fibroblasts, fiber-forming cells, that manufacture 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.

Types

It is often divided into "Dense regular connective tissue" and "Dense irregular connective tissue":[2]

References

  1. ^ "Blue Histology". http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
  2. ^ Strum, Judy M.; Gartner, Leslie P.; Hiatt, James L. (2007). Cell biology and histology. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 83. ISBN 0-7817-8577-4. 

External links

Extracellular
matrix
(noncellular)

Collagen fibers

Reticular fibers: COL3A1

Elastic fibers: Elastin · Fibrillin (FBN1, FBN2, FBN3) · EMILIN1

Elaunin
Classification
Loose
Dense
Related
see also Template:Soft tissue tumors and sarcomas

M: INT, SF, LCT

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