dense regular connective tissue

Term ID

UBERON:0007846

Synonyms

• dense fibrous connective tissue
• dense regular collagenous connective tissue
• dense regular collagenous tissue
• regular dense connective tissue
• typus regularis (textus connectivus collagenosus compactus)

Definition

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

References

• NCIT:C33453
• UMLS:C0225333
• VSAO:0000050
• XAO:0004030
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_regular_connective_tissue
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0225333
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/22560007

Ontology

Cell Ontology