part_of organism part skeleton structure connective tissue BTO:0000421 EV:0100150 FMAID:9640 James Malone MAT:0000301 Portion of connective tissue SAEL:23 TAO:0009189 The tissue which binds together and is the support of the various structures of the body. It is made up of fibroblasts, fibroglia, collagen fibrils, and elastic fibrils. It is derived from the mesoderm and in a broad sense includes the collagenous, elastic, mucous, reticular, osseous, and cartilaginous tissue. Some also include the blood in this group of tissues. Connective tissue is classified according to concentration of fibers as loose (areolar) and dense, the latter having more abundant fibers than the former. Tissue which consists of fibroblasts, osteocytes or chondrocytes and intercellular matrix produced by these cells. Examples: bone (tissue), dense regular elastic tissue, areolar tissue, neuroglia, adipose tissue. URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#connective_tissue XAO:0000173 fascia muscle attachment cell tendon tendon cell