{"id":2676,"date":"2017-09-08T18:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=2676"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:39:53","slug":"4-13-connective-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-13-connective-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"4-13 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>RETICULAR FIBERS &#8211; 2<\/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\"> The spleen is rich in reticular fibers.<br \/>\nThey can be distinguished in light microscopy after treatment of sections with the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique.<br \/>\nThe spleen has an extensive set of blood capillaries with dilated and irregular lumens, called <strong>sinusoids<\/strong> (that exist also in some other organs).<br \/>\nIn the spleen and other sites the sinusoids are supported by a net of reticular fibers that surround their walls, as if they were the arches that surround a wooden barrel, holding the  the wall structure together.<br \/>\nWhen you hover your cursor over or click on the image some of the fibers that surround two sinusoids become highlighted in light-blue to show their arrangement. The sinusoid lumen is highlighted in pink.<\/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<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-13.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-13MO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-13.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Spleen. Staining: Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS). Magnification: medium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-14-connective-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-12-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>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/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-2676","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2676","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=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20879,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2676\/revisions\/20879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}