Connective Tissue

Definition: Connective Tissue

Connective Tissue

Noun

1. 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.

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Health

Medicine

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Crosswords: Connective Tissue

Books

• An Atlas of Skin Biopsy: Diagnosis by Light & Immuno Microscopy of Vesico-Bullous, Connective Tissue Disorders & Vasulitisof the Skin (reference)

• Antinuclear Antibodies: Contemporary Techniques and Clinical Application to Connective Tissue (reference)

• A manual of reflexive therapy of the connective tissue (connective tissue massage) = "Bindegewebsmassage" (reference)

• Dilatation of the uterine cervix : connective tissue biology and clinical management (reference)

• Clinical Impact of Bone and Connective Tissue Markers (reference)

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Line drawing showing the lining of the GI tract: colorectal (muscularis). The walls of the digestive tract have four layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and serosa. The inner-most layer is the mucosa, a membrane that forms a continuous lining of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. In the large bowel, this tissue contains cells that produce mucus to lubricate and protect the smooth inner surface of the bowel wall. Connective tissue and muscle separate the muscosa from the second layer, the submucosa, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and mucus-producing glands. Next to the submucosa is the muscularis externa, consisting of two layers of muscle fibers-one that runs lengthwise and one that encircles the bowel. The fourth layer, the serosa, is a thin membrane that produces fluid to lubricate the outer surface of the bowel so that it can slide against adjacent organs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown are cancer cells in culture from human connective tissue, illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast, at a magnification of 500x. These cells can be compared to normal cells in AV-8711-3168. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer).

Shown is normal cells of human connective tissue in culture. At a magnification of 500x, the cells were illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast technique. This slide compares to the cancerous cells in AV-8711-3170. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer).

This is a histological slide of cancerous breast tissue. The pink "riverways" are normal connective tissue, and the blue is cancer cells. Stained with H&E and magnified to 200x. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer).

This patient's congenital syphilitic disease resulted in the onset of interstitial keratitis, an inflammation of the connective tissue structure of the cornea. Syphilis is the most common cause for this condition. Credit: CDC.

The chorionic villi are enlarged, and contain dense laminated connective tissue, and the capillaries distributed throughout the villi are compressed by this connective tissue proliferation; H&E stain; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC.

Connective tissue. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Health

The mechanisms for the altered connective tissue responses are not understood. (references)

In Marfan syndrome, the connective tissue is defective and does not act as it should. (references)

If not treated, the bones, gums, and connective tissue that support the teeth are destroyed. (references)

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Expressions using "connective tissue": Connective Tissue Cells ♦ Connective Tissue Diseases ♦ Connective Tissue Therapy ♦ Mixed Connective Tissue Disease ♦ Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases. Additional references.

Albanian

ind lidhës. (various references)

Arabic 

‏النسيج الضام. (various references)

Danish

bindevæv. (various references)

Dutch

bindweefsel. (various references)

Finnish

sidekudos (proper connective tissue). (various references)

French

tissus conjonctif, tissu conjonctif (conjunctive tissue, connective tissue sheath). (various references)

German

bindegewebe. (various references)

Greek 

συνδετικός ιστός (proper connective tissue). (various references)

Hungarian

kötőszövet. (various references)

Italian

connettivo (connective), tessuto connettivo, tessuto collageno, foroplasto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

結� 組�" , 結合組�" . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けつ�"うそしき, けっていそしき. (various references)

Pig Latin

onnectivecay issuetay

Portuguese

tecido conjuntivo (conjunctive tissue). (various references)

Romanian

ţesut conjunctiv (web). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vezivo (solder), vezivno tkivo. (various references)

Spanish

tejido conjuntivo (conjunctive tissue). (various references)

Swedish

bindväv. (various references)

Turkish

bağdoku (fascia). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: constituencies.

-3 letters: inconsecutive.

-4 letters: venesections, viscountcies.

-5 letters: connectives, consecutive, consistence, sententious, venesection, viscounties.