Microscope | Mitosis
Epithelial Tissue | Connective Tissue | Muscle Tissue | Nervous Tissue
Nervous System | Skin | Skeletal System
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You will be examining several types of connective tissues. General characteristics of connective tissue include; vascularization, lots of intercellular matrix (space between cells), and fibers. There are three types of fibers found commonly in connective tissue; collagenous, elastic and reticular. The intercellular matrix can vary in consistancy, from a solid to a fluid. The number of cells in connective tissue when compared to the number of cells in epithelial tissue is considerably less. The major functions of connective tissue is to protect, to support, to transport, to store, and the obvious one "to connect" one tissue type to another.
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