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dense regular connective tissue
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Connective tissue that is dominated by collagen fibres organized into a definitive pattern (e.g., parallel to one another), with comparatively fewer cells (mostly fibroblasts). [ http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
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dense regular connective tissue
Synonyms
- dense fibrous connective tissue
- dense regular collagenous connective tissue
- dense regular collagenous tissue
- regular dense connective tissue
- typus regularis (textus connectivus collagenosus compactus)
external definition
Regular connective tissue, the intercellular matrix of which consists predominantly of collagen fiber bundles arranged in parallel arrays.[FMA], Connective tissue that is dominated by collagen fibres organized into a definitive pattern (e.g., parallel to one another), with comparatively fewer cells (mostly fibroblasts).[VSAO]
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