Dense connective tissue

Type of connective tissue in animals

Dense connective tissue

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Latin| textus connectivus compactus
TH| H2.00.03.1.00003
Anatomical terms of microanatomy

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Dense connective tissue, also called dense fibrous tissue, is a type of connective tissue with fibers as its main matrix element.[1] 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.[2] In addition, the sclera contains dense connective tissue[3]

## Classification

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It is classified as either dense regular connective tissue or dense irregular connective tissue.[4]

## See also

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* Loose connective tissue

## References

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1. ^ "Blue Histology". Retrieved 2009-10-16.
2. ^ Marieb, Elaine N. (2009). Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology - 10th ed. San Francisco, Ca.: Pearson Education. p. 96\. ISBN 978-0-321-69598-7.
3. ^ Pradeep, Tejus; Mehra, Divy; Le, Patrick H. (2023), "Histology, Eye", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 31335063, retrieved 2023-11-11
4. ^ Strum, Judy M.; Gartner, Leslie P.; Hiatt, James L. (2007). Cell biology and Histology. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7817-8577-8.

## External links

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* 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

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Connective tissue

Physiology|

* Soft tissue
* Fibrosis
* Scarring

Composition|

| Cells|

| Resident|

* Fibroblast
* Fibrocyte
* Reticular cell
* Tendon cell
* Adipocyte
* Melanocyte

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Wandering cells|

* Mast cell
* Macrophage

Extracellular
matrix|

| Ground substance|

* Tissue fluid

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Fibers|

* Collagen fibers
* Reticular fibers
* COL3A1
* Elastic fibers
* Elastin
* Fibrillin
* FBN1
* FBN2
* FBN3
* EMILIN1
* Elaunin

Types|

| Proper|

| Loose|

* Reticular
* Adipose
* Brown
* White

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Dense|

* Dense irregular connective tissue
* Submucosa
* Dermis
* Dense regular connective tissue
* Ligament
* Tendon
* Aponeurosis

Embryonic|

* Mucoid
* Mesenchymal

Specialized|

* Cartilage
* Elastic
* Hyaline
* Fibrocartilage
* Bone
* Blood

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