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CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Connective Tissue :- Most abundant and widely distributed in the body of complex animals. They are named connective tissue because of their specialised function of linking and
supporting other tissue/organs of the body.
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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUES

LOOSE DENSE
(more matrix, less fibres) (more fibres, less matrix) SPECIALISED
(Fibres and Fibroblasts are compactly packed)
AREOLAR
Skeleton Connective
Ÿ Also called loose or Spongy Connective tissue REGULAR IRREGULAR Tissue
Ÿ Most widely distributed tissue in the body Bundles of collagen Bundles of collagen fibres
fibres and matrix are an d cell s c ri s sc ros s Cartilage
Ÿ Tissue with maximum intercellular spaces, these
distributed in regular arranged
spaces are called Areolae Bone
pattern
Ÿ It serves as a support frame work for epithelium
Collagen Blood
fibres
Macrophage Plasma
Reticular Fibroblasts
Fibroblast fibres
Collagen Corpuscles
Fibres Lymphocyte
Blood Mast cell
RBC
capillary WHITE FIBROUS WBC
Elastin fibres Matrix Ÿ Collagen fibres are more
Ÿ Fibroblasts and mast cells are more
Platelets
ADIPOSE Fat storage area
Ÿ Located mainly beneath Nucleus CORD SHEATH
the skin Plasma membrane e.g. Tendon e.g. This tissue is present in the skin,
(Connect bone with muscles) Pericardium, Periosteum, Perichondruim,
Ÿ The cells of this tissue are specialised to store fats. The excess of
nutrients which are not used immediately are converted into fats Epimysium, Renal capsule, Duramater
and are stored in this tissue. YELLOW FIBROUS
Ÿ Elastic fibres are more
Ÿ It is of two types (a) white fat (b) brown fat
Ÿ Collagen fibres are less
Ÿ White fat Ÿ Brown fat Ÿ Reticular fibres are completely absent
One large fat Many small fat
globule is present globules are present CORD SHEATH
Pre-Medical : Biology

e.g Panniculas adiposus
(hypodermis)
Yellow bone marrow
e.g. Cold resistance device e.g. Ligament e.g. walls of alveoli, small bronchioles, blood
in new born baby
(Connect bone with bone) vessels, lymph vessels, true vocal cords
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