{"id":2853,"date":"2017-09-26T18:19:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=2853"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:58:19","slug":"4-29-connective-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-29-connective-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"4-29 Connective tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TYPES OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The connective tissue performs a large variety of functions in the body. There are several types and subtypes of connective tissue, all having the same basic characteristics: cells of mesenchymal origin surrounded by an extracellular matrix of complex composition and\/or organization that is characteristic of each type and subtype.<\/p>\n<p>Types of connective tissue<br \/>\n1- <strong>Connective tissue proper<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the most common type of connective tissue, distributed in diverse places of the entire body.<br \/>\nThe connective tissue proper and its subtypes will be shown starting on the next page.<br \/>\n2- <strong>Specialized connective tissues<\/strong><br \/>\nThis group includes various subtypes characterized by the special composition of their extracellular matrix:<br \/>\n<strong>Mucous tissue<\/strong> \u2013 in the umbilical cord.<br \/>\n<strong>Elastic connective tissue<\/strong> \u2013 represented by elastic fbers present in large amounts in the wall of the aorta, penile ligament, and nuchal ligament of cattle.<br \/>\n<strong>Reticular tissue<\/strong> composed of reticular fibers specialized in supporting free cells of hematopoietic and limphoid organs as well fixed cells in several other organs such as the liver, kidney and glands.<br \/>\n3- <strong>Adipose tissue<\/strong> \u2013 formed by adipocytes &#8211; will be studied in Chapter 5.<br \/>\n4- <strong>Supporting connective tissues <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cartilage<\/strong> \u2013 will be studied in Chapter 6.<br \/>\n5- <strong>Bone<\/strong> \u2013 will be studied in Chapter 7.<br \/>\n6- <strong>Blood<\/strong> and <strong>hematopoietic tissue<\/strong>. The blood is considered by many authors to be a type of connective tissue whose extracellular matrix is \u200b\u200bliquid. Both types will be studied on Chapter 10.<br \/>\n7- <strong>Lymphoid tissue<\/strong> \u2013 will be studied in Chapter 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-30-connective-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/4-28-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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYPES OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE The connective tissue performs a large variety of functions in the body. There are several types and subtypes of connective tissue, all having the same basic characteristics: cells of mesenchymal origin surrounded by an extracellular matrix of complex composition and\/or organization that is characteristic of each type and subtype. Types [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2853","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853","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=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23113,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853\/revisions\/23113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}