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Connective Tissue

Medical Definition:	Tissue that supports and binds other tissues. It consists of CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS embedded in a large amount of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX.
Guide Notes:	inflammation: consider CELLULITIS

Connective Tissue Categories.

	Adipose Tissue - Connective tissue composed of fat cells lodged in the meshes of areolar tissue.
	Elastic Tissue
	Granulation Tissue - A vascular connective tissue formed on the surface of a healing wound, ulcer, or inflamed tissue. It consists of new capillaries and an infiltrate containing lymphoid cells, macrophages, and plasma cells.
	Subcutaneous Tissue - Loose connective tissue lying under the DERMIS, which binds SKIN loosely to subjacent tissues. It may contain a pad of ADIPOCYTES, which vary in number according to the area of the body and vary in size according to the nutritional state.

Connective Tissue Medical Definitions and Terms

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