Question

what are the three broad categories of connective tissue

Answer 1

Three broad categories of connective tissues

Connective tissues are classified based on their physical property into three broad categories

1. Connective tissue proper
2. Fluid connective tissue
3. Supportive connective tissue

1 connective tissue proper: is composed of cells, fibers in ground substance

  Loose Connective Tissue areolar, adipose (fat cells), reticular ,

                                                                                                    Haemopoeitic                                                                               

  Dense connective tissue Collagen, Elastin and Reticulin

  

Ground substance : fills the space between the cells. It is viscous made up of glycoproteins and proteoglycans

2. Fluid connective tissue : cells are present in the watery like fluids Blood and Lymph

3. supportive connective tissue: is differs from connective tissue proper having less diverse cell population packed tightly in dense fibers

Bone, Cartilage : they protect and support the weight of the all body parts