reticular tissue
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Reticular connective tissue — Older textbooks typically refer to elastic and reticular connective tissues as specialized connective tissues. Reticular connective tissue is a type of loose irregular connective tissue and has a network of reticular fibers (fine type III… … Wikipedia
Reticular fiber — Reticular fibers or reticulin is a histological term used to describe a type of structural fiber composed of type III collagen. Reticular fibers crosslink to form a fine meshwork (reticulum). This network acts as a supporting mesh in soft tissues … Wikipedia
reticular lamina — n a thin extracellular layer that sometimes lies below the basal lamina, is composed chiefly of collagenous fibers, and serves to anchor the basal lamina to underlying connective tissue * * * lamina reticularis 1. a layer of the basement membrane … Medical dictionary
reticular fiber — n any of the thin branching fibers of connective tissue that form an intricate interstitial network ramifying through other tissues and organs … Medical dictionary
reticular layer — n the deeper layer of the dermis formed of interlacing fasciculi of white fibrous tissue * * * stratum reticulare dermidis … Medical dictionary
Tissue — A tissue in medicine is not like a piece of tissue paper. It is a broad term that is applied to any group of cells that perform specific functions. A tissue in medicine need not form a layer. Thus, The bone marrow is a tissue; Connective tissue… … Medical dictionary
reticular fibre — ▪ anatomy in anatomy, fine fibrous connective tissue occurring in networks to make up the supporting tissue of many organs. The reticular fibres are composed of randomly oriented collagenous fibrils lying in an amorphous matrix substance.… … Universalium
tissue — tissual, adj. tissuey, adj. /tish ooh/ or, esp. Brit., /tis yooh/, n., v., tissued, tissuing. n. 1. Biol. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular… … Universalium
reticular fibers — Type III collagen fibers, differing from most other type of collagen fibers in staining with silver; they form the reticular supporting meshwork of lymphoid and myeloid tissue and occur also in the interstitial tissue of glandular organs, the… … Medical dictionary
Tissue, lymphoid — A part of the body s immune system that helps protect it from bacteria and other foreign entities. Lymphoid tissue is rich in lymphocytes (and accessory cells such as macrophages and reticular cells). The lymphoid tissue includes the lymph nodes … Medical dictionary
