Soft tissue

Soft tissue

In medicine, the term soft tissue refers to tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body.

Soft tissue includes muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, nerves, fibrous tissues, fat, blood vessels, and synovial membranes. [ [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=45882 Definition] at National Cancer Institute]

It is sometimes defined by what it is not. For example, soft tissue has been defined as "nonepithelial, extraskeletal mesenchyme exclusive of the reticuloendothelial system and glia".cite book |author=Skinner, Harry B. |title=Current diagnosis & treatment in orthopedics |publisher=Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill |location=Stamford, Conn |year=2006 |pages=346 |isbn=0-07-143833-5 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=]

ee also

* Soft tissue disorder
* Soft tissue sarcoma

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