{"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":"2026-03-13T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:31:14","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 wide variety of functions in the body. Several types and subtypes of this tissue exist, all having the same basic characteristics: cells of mesenchymal origin surrounded by an extracellular matrix of complex composition.<\/p>\n<p>Types of the cnnective tissue<\/p>\n<p>1- Connective tissue proper<br \/>\nThis is the most common type of connective tissue and is distributed in the entire body in diverse amounts in different places.<br \/>\nThis type and its subtypes will be shown starting on the next page.<\/p>\n<p>2- Specialized connective tissues<br \/>\nThis group includes various subtypes characterized by the special composition of their extracellular matrix:<br \/>\nMucous tissue \u2013 in the umbilical cord.<br \/>\nElastic connective tissue \u2013 in the wall of the aorta, penile ligament, and nuchal ligament of cattle.<br \/>\nAdipose tissue \u2013 formed by adipocytes. It will be studied in Chapter 5.<br \/>\nReticular tissue, also called lymphoid or hematopoietic tissue \u2013 will be studied in Chapter 12.<\/p>\n<p>3- Supporting connective tissues<br \/>\nCartilage \u2013 will be studied in Chapter 6.<br \/>\nBone \u2013 will be studied in Chapter 7.<\/p>\n<p>4- Blood<br \/>\nIs considered by many authors to be a type of connective tissue whose extracellular matrix is \u200b\u200bliquid. Will be studied in Chapter 10.<\/p>\n<p>5- Hematopoietic tissue.<\/p>\n<p>6- Lymphoid tissue. <\/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 wide variety of functions in the body. Several types and subtypes of this tissue exist, all having the same basic characteristics: cells of mesenchymal origin surrounded by an extracellular matrix of complex composition. Types of the cnnective tissue 1- Connective tissue proper This is the [&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":37,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20815,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853\/revisions\/20815"}],"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}]}}