composed primarily of
irregular connective tissue
dense irregular connective tissue
FMA:20109
Irregular connective tissue is an irregular connective tissue, the intercellular matrix of which contains a dense irregular network of collagen and elastic fiber bundles. Examples: connective tissue of peritoneum, connective tissue of fibrous pericardium.
Tissue characterized by a thick, random arrangement of collagen and elastin fibers with very few cells. The majority of the cells are fibroblasts, but mast cells and macrophages may also be seen. It is found in the dermis, periosteum, perichondrium, capsules of organs and sheaths of nerves and muscles[NCIT]
UBERON:0011822
UMLS:C0738366
irregular dense connective tissue
typus irregularis (textus connectivus collagenosus compactus)
uberon
dense connective tissue
collection of collagen fibrils