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Categories: Connective tissue, Articles with short description

connective tissue Conjunctive tissue Connection tissue connective-tissue Connective tissue cells

Tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments WordNet 3.0

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Tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Connective tissue is one of the four primary types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. Wikipedia

A type of biological tissue Wikipedia Disambiguation

A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix). Wiktionary

Type of tissue. Wiktionary (translation)

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