AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER:
– Study the main histological features of the connective tissue.
– Learn to distinguish the fibrillar components of the extracellular matrix.
– Distinguish the various resident cells of the connective tissue proper.
– Distinguish the transient or wandering cells of the connective tissue proper.
– Analyze the main types of connective tissue.
– Study the histological characteristics of the types of connective tissue proper.
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Main features and components of the connective tissue.
Elastic fibers.
Collagen fibers.
Reticular fibers.
Resident cells of the connective tissue proper.
Transient cells of the connective tissue proper.
Types of connective tissue.
Connective tissue proper .
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