connective tissue
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4.3
- noun
- /kəˈnɛktɪv ˈtɪʃu/
- Specialized
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tejido conectivo
- Collagen is an important protein found in connective tissue, helping to bind and support other tissues.
- loose connective tissue
- connective tissue disorder
- connective tissue disease
They are connective tissue like tendons and ligaments.
- They are connective tissue like tendons and ligaments.
- Now this is an extract from the protein and collagen and connective tissue of rabbits after they have been processed.
- You can start to build healthy muscle, bone, and connective tissue today by eating a proper human diet.
- So you want muscle meat from animals, organ meats from animals, some plant based protein and you want to be getting connective tissue protein from bone broth.
- That's going to be sending a signal to the cells that would be building connective tissue or bone tissue or muscle tissue or fascia.
- It's a circle, but it's encased in, in, in connective tissue or fibers and it has no ability to expand.
- It's a circle, but it's encased in in in connective tissue or fibres and it has no ability to expand.
- And when they looked at areas where they could get into the connective tissue of the body, there were all these spaces that were bright.
- Well, consciousness is the driver, but you think that you are actually this meat sack with bones and muscles and fat and connective tissue and you're not.
- It's kind of connective tissue is much less complex in terms of especially the function, I think and also structure than the heart.
Examples
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The particular cancer is called embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma and Rhabdomyosarcoma grows in the connective tissue of the body.
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Keloids are benign fibrous growths that result from an abnormal connective tissue response in certain predisposed individuals.
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And when they looked at areas where they could get into the connective tissue of the body, there were all these spaces that were bright.
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You can start to build healthy muscle, bone, and connective tissue today by eating a proper human diet.
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Other authors also reported success with connective tissue grafts of several types.
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And is there a lot of connective tissue under the skin that is connecting it to the musculature beneath?
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Adaptation involves the entire body wall, including loose connective tissue, fat, fascia, and muscle in addition to skin.
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The test sites showed minimal alteration of epidermal structures and connective tissue.
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To perform the anastomoses, the operator initially dissected the surrounding connective tissue from the vessel.
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by widespread vascular lesions.
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Synonyms
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A mass of fibers that supports and connects body parts in animals or plants
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'connective' (linking, joining) + 'tissue' (a group of cells or material) yields 'tissue that links or supports,' which matches both the literal biological sense and the figurative sense. This construction follows ordinary adjective+noun composition and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Connective tissue The noun connective tissue is named from the idea of connective (linking) tissue working like the body's 'glue'. Picture a net of fibers and cells that ties muscles, bones and organs together, and you can see why it means tissue that 'supports' and 'links' other parts of the body.