{"id":2581,"date":"2017-09-07T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=2581"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:44:15","slug":"4-4-connective-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-4-connective-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"4-4 Connective tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>FIBRILLAR EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nFIBERS OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX<br \/>\nA convenient place to observe these fibers is the <strong>mesentery<\/strong>. It is a thin, semitransparent membrane of connective tissue coated on both sides by one layer of flat epithelial cells, a <strong>mesothelium<\/strong>. If you do not remember what a mesothelium is, click on the <strong>Glossary<\/strong> link at the top of the page.<br \/>\nThe mesentery attaches several organs of the abdominal cavity to its inner wall and helps to keep them in their proper places. It carries blood and lymphatic vessels and nerves.<br \/>\nThe image shows a small fragment of mesentery that was fixed with a histological fixative, stained and placed on a histological slide.<br \/>\nAs it is thin and translucent it can be observed under a light microscope. This type of histological preparation in which a fragment of an organ or tissue is placed on a glass slide is called a <strong>total preparation or whole-mount<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-4B.jpg \" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-5-connective-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-3-connective-tissue\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href= https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-0-connective-tissue\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20889,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2581\/revisions\/20889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}