Tissue

Blood is a specialized connective tissue, approximately 5 liters in adults 7 to 8 percent of body weight. It consists of plasma 55...

The retina is the light sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye, approximately 0.5 mm thick. It has ten layers. Photoreceptors...

Cartilage is a firm flexible connective tissue. Three types: hyaline articular cartilage covering bone ends, costal cartilage conn...

The cerebral cortex is the thin outer layer of gray matter covering the cerebral hemispheres, only a few millimeters thick but hig...

Neurons are the electrically excitable cells that carry information through the nervous system. A typical neuron has a cell body c...

Bone marrow is the soft tissue filling the internal cavities of bones and is the main site of blood cell production, a process cal...

Tendons are tough, flexible cords or bands of dense regular connective tissue that attach muscles to bones. They are composed main...

Ligaments are bands of dense connective tissue that connect one bone to another, usually around joints. Like tendons, they are mad...

Fascia is a continuous network of connective tissue, made largely of collagen, that surrounds and interconnects muscles, groups of...

Adipose tissue, or body fat, is a connective tissue made up mainly of fat cells, called adipocytes, along with blood vessels, nerv...