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known as areis exhibits interlacing, loosely

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organized fibers, abundant blood vessels, and significant
empty space. Its fiber run in random directions and are
mostly collagenous, but elastic and reticular fibers are also
present. Areolar tissue is highly variable in appearance. In
many serous membranes, it appears as a loose arrangement of
collagenous and elastic fibers, scattered cells of various types;
abundant ground substance; numerous blood vessels. In the
skin and mucous membranes, it is more compact and
sometimes difficult to distinguish from dense irregular
connective tissue. It is the most widely distributed connective
 tissuetype in vertebrates.

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, also called dense fibrous tissue, has

fibers as its main matrix element.

It is mainly composed of collagen type I. Crowded between the

collagen fibers are rows of fibroblasts, fiber-forming cells, that
manufacture the fibers. Dense connective tissue forms strong, rope-
like structures such as tendons and ligaments. Tendons attach skeletal
muscles to bones; ligaments connect bones to bones at joints.
Ligaments are more stretchy and contain more elastic fibers than
tendons. Dense connective tissue also make up the lower layers of
the skin (dermis), where it is arranged in sheets„


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or   or just  is loose connective

tissue composed of adipocytes. It is technically composed of
roughly only 80% fat; fat in its solitary state exists in the liver
and muscles. Adipose tissue is derived from lipoblasts. Its
main role is to store energy in the form of fat, although it also
cushions andinsulates the body. Obesity or
being overweight in humans and most animals does not
depend on body weight but on the amount of body fat²to be
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