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://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 VSAO:0000050 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 PSPUB:0000170 ]
Synonyms: typus regularis (textus connectivus collagenosus compactus) dense regular collagenous tissue dense fibrous connective tissue dense regular collagenous connective tissue regular dense connective tissue
Term information
- FMA:64781
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_regular_connective_tissue
- NCIT:C33453
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/22560007
- UMLS:C0225333 (ncithesaurus:Regular_Dense_Connective_Tissue)
- VSAO:0000050
- XAO:0004030
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0225333
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]