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Connective Tissue

This is the body's most varied tissue. Yet every kind shares one recipe. It is cells spread out in a non-living matrix of fibers and ground substance. Change the matrix, and you get everything from fat to bone to blood.

Areolar (loose)

Connective tissuecells in a matrix

The family

📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Connective Tissue reference figure
Connective Tissue — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)