loose connective tissue

The skin hangs loosely on the body because of the lack of loose connective tissue.

Loose connective tissue is named based on the "weave" and type of its constituent fibers.

It is the loose connective tissue sheath covering a tendon over its entire length.

If this is not possible without tension, the surrounding loose connective tissue can be undermined to attain more mobility.

It is sometimes equated with "loose connective tissue".

It consists of loose connective tissue and elastin.

The loose connective tissue around the uterus.

It is continuous with the loose connective tissue of the neck, and extends inferiorly onto the diaphragm.

This region comprises loose connective tissue and is hence susceptible to formation of abscess.

The stroma consists of loose connective tissue with a lot of inflammatory cells.

The hypodermis consists primarily of loose connective tissue and lobules of fat.

The mediastinum is an undelineated group of structures in the thorax, surrounded by loose connective tissue.

The space inside the root canals is filled with a highly vascularized, loose connective tissue, the dental pulp.

Adipocytes are fat cells that are fixed cells in loose connective tissue.

Loose connective tissue is the most common type of connective tissue in vertebrates.

The endoneurium, which consists of a thin layer of loose connective tissue, surrounds the individual nerve fibers.

The primary function of the basement membrane is to anchor down the epithelium to its loose connective tissue (the dermis) underneath.

Two layers of mesenchyne (undifferentiated loose connective tissue derived from mesoderm) compresses together (called perichondrium).

Loose connective tissue between the periostium and the aponeurosis makes these two rigid structures easily slide over each other and contributes to skin movement.

It is attached to the prevertebral layer by loose connective tissue only, and thus an easily distended space, the retropharyngeal space, is found between them.

Endothoracic fascia is the layer of loose connective tissue deep to the intercostal spaces and ribs, separating these structures from the underlying pleura.

They were often severely abnormal, consisting of loose connective tissue, with absence of neural tissue (Figure 4I,J).

Normal pathology of the skin, displaying the dermis which is attached to underlying loose connective tissue which subsequently contains primary adipose tissue.

Layer 4: comprises loose connective tissue and thick collagen bands that merge with the coracohumeral ligament at the most anterior border of the supraspinatus.

The CP consist of a layer of cuboidal epithelial cells surrounding a core of capillaries and loose connective tissue.