CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does connective tissue mean? 

• CONNECTIVE TISSUE (noun)
  The noun CONNECTIVE TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments

  Familiarity information: CONNECTIVE TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONNECTIVE TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("connective tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Meronyms (parts of "connective tissue"):

histiocyte (a macrophage that is found in connective tissue)

ground substance; intercellular substance; matrix (the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded)

labrocyte; mast cell; mastocyte (a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation)

Meronyms (substance of "connective tissue"):

collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connective tissue"):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

areolar tissue (fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net)

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

bone marrow; marrow (the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones)

elastic tissue (connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments)

endoneurium (delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve)

ligament (a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs)

perineurium (the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers)

perimysium (the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers)

sinew; tendon (a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment)

submucosa (the connective tissue beneath mucous membrane)

facia; fascia (a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc)

scar tissue (the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars)

granulation; granulation tissue (new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process)

 Context examples 

One of the paired female reproductive glands containing the ova or germ cells; the ovary's stroma is a vascular connective tissue containing numbers of ovarian follicles enclosing the ova.

(Ovary, NCI Thesaurus)

Connective tissue proliferation is an important component of the warts.

(Bovine Papillomavirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk.

(Breast, NCI Dictionary)

An adenocarcinoma containing finger-like processes of vascular connective tissue covered by neoplastic epithelium, projecting into cysts or the cavity of glands or follicles.

(Papillary Adenocarcinoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The papillary dermis has connective tissue and blood vessels that give nutrients to the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin) and that help control the temperature of the skin.

(Papillary dermis, NCI Dictionary)

The branch of pathology that focuses the causes and nature and effects of diseases of the bone and connective tissues.

(Bone and Connective Tissue Pathology, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm composed of finger-like projections of fibrovascular connective tissue covered by epithelium.

(Papilloma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The central portion of the ovary, composed of loose connective tissue that contains blood vessels, lymph vessels and nerves.

(Ovarian Medulla, NCI Thesaurus)

The outer layer of the ovary, composed of cellular connective tissue which contains the ovarian follicles.

(Ovarian Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

It associated with one of four tumor types: phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor, mixed connective tissue type; osteoblastoma-like tumor; ossifying fibroma-like tumor or non-ossifying fibroma-like tumor.

(Oncogenic Osteomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)