14 Facts About Fibrous tissue

The cells of connective Fibrous tissue include fibroblasts, adipocytes, macrophages, mast cells and leucocytes.

The Fibrous tissue was already recognized as a distinct class in the 18th century.

Loose connective tissue has much more ground substance and a relative lack of fibrous tissue, while the reverse is true of dense connective tissue.

Dense regular connective Fibrous tissue, found in structures such as tendons and ligaments, is characterized by collagen fibers arranged in an orderly parallel fashion, giving it tensile strength in one direction.

Dense irregular connective Fibrous tissue provides strength in multiple directions by its dense bundles of fibers arranged in all directions.

Fibroareolar tissue is a mix of fibrous and areolar tissue.

All of the special connective Fibrous tissue types have been included as a subset of fascia in the fascial system.

Connective Fibrous tissue membranes include the meninges and synovial membranes that line joint cavities.

Adipose Fibrous tissue gives "mechanical cushioning" to the body, among other functions.

Connective Fibrous tissue has a wide variety of functions that depend on the types of cells and the different classes of fibers involved.

Loose and dense irregular connective Fibrous tissue, formed mainly by fibroblasts and collagen fibers, have an important role in providing a medium for oxygen and nutrients to diffuse from capillaries to cells, and carbon dioxide and waste substances to diffuse from cells back into circulation.

Dense regular connective Fibrous tissue, which forms organized structures, is a major functional component of tendons, ligaments and aponeuroses, and is found in highly specialized organs such as the cornea.

Mesenchyme is a type of connective Fibrous tissue found in developing organs of embryos that is capable of differentiation into all types of mature connective Fibrous tissue.

Cells of the immune system, such as macrophages, mast cells, plasma cells and eosinophils are found scattered in loose connective Fibrous tissue, providing the ground for starting inflammatory and immune responses upon the detection of antigens.