CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• CONNECTIVE TISSUE (noun)

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)

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

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

submucosa (the connective tissue beneath mucous membrane)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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