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
Term information
- FMA:20109
- NCIT:C32882
- UMLS:C0738366 (ncithesaurus:Irregular_Dense_Connective_Tissue)
- Wikipedia:Dense_irregular_connective_tissue
Tissue characterized by a thick, random arrangement of collagen and elastin fibers with very few cells. The majority of the cells are fibroblasts, but mast cells and macrophages may also be seen. It is found in the dermis, periosteum, perichondrium, capsules of organs and sheaths of nerves and muscles[NCIT]
Term relations
- irregular connective tissue and has part some elastic fiber and composed primarily of some collection of collagen fibrils