connective tissue

noun

, Anatomy.

a tissue, usually of mesoblastic origin, that connects, supports, or surrounds other tissues, organs, etc.

connective tissue

an animal tissue developed from the embryonic mesoderm that consists of collagen or elastic fibres, fibroblasts, fatty cells, etc, within a jelly-like matrix. It supports organs, fills the spaces between them, and forms tendons and ligaments

connective tissue

/ kə-nĕk′tĭv /

Tissue that connects, supports, binds, or encloses the structures of the body. Connective tissues are made up of cells embedded in an extracellular matrix and include bones, cartilage, mucous membranes, fat, and blood.

connective tissue

Body tissue that serves to connect or support other tissues or parts. Cartilage , tendons , and bone are all kinds of connective tissue.

First recorded in 1880–85

The liver cells fulfill about 3,000 biochemical functions but they are massively reduced by tough connective tissue.

A nerve consists of a bundle of such tiny axons, bound together by connective tissue.

Special nerve endings, called the tactile corpuscles, are found there, each inclosed in a sheath or capsule of connective tissue.

They are held together with a tough, stringy material called connective tissue.

There is not the slightest difficulty in distinguishing the connective-tissue cells from the nerve-rudiment.

The dorsal extremities of the muscle-plates form the second source of these connective-tissue cells.

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