HOLES HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
HOLES HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
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Author: SHIER
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Areolar connective tissue and indicate its location in the body.

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Connective tissue is one of the four major types of tissues, along with epithelial, muscle and nervous tissues. It is one of the most abundant type of human tissue by weight.

Connective tissue can be divided into two categories, namely connective tissue proper and specialized connective tissue.

The connective tissue proper includes loose connective tissue (adipose, areolar, reticular), and dense connective tissue (dense regular, dense irregular, elastic) while the specialized connective tissues include bones, cartilage, and blood.

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