Types of fiber
Collagen fibers-one of the strongest proteins the body makes
Adipose tissue
Very vascular
Rule breaker
(Fat)
Dense irregular
Packed with fibers no room for blood vessels; slow healing
Strength in all directions
Around bone and cartilage
Loose particular
Makes up framework of hollow organs
Very vascular to filter the lymph
Dense regular
Not many blood vessels
All fibers in one direction
Dense elastic
Mainly under transitional epithelium, wall of respiratory pathways, walls of blood vessels
Characteristics
Most common tissue
More matrix than cells
Job is to hold things together
Vascularity varies