Irregular connective tissue is an irregular connective tissue, the intercellular matrix of which contains a dense irregular network of collagen and elastic fiber bundles. Examples: connective tissue of peritoneum, connective tissue of fibrous pericardium. [ FMA:20109 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_irregular_connective_tissue ]
Synonyms: typus irregularis (textus connectivus collagenosus compactus) irregular dense connective tissue
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- irregular connective tissue and has part some elastic fiber and composed primarily of some collection of collagen fibrils