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connective tissue

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 319 words | Copyright

connective tissue In vertebrates, supportive or packing tissue composed of fibres, mainly of white collagen but with some made from more elastic, yellow material, containing scattered cells and blood and lymph vessels, all lying in a matrix containing polysaccharide (starch-like carbohydrate). See also ADIPOSE TISSUE.

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