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dense connective tissue

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dense connective tissue [¦dens kə¦nek·tiv ′tish·yü]
(histology)
A fibrous connective tissue with an abundance of enlarged collagenous fibers which tend to crowd out the cells and ground substance.


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Remodeling of dense connective tissue in normal adult tissues.
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With respect to the dense connective tissue, this amount of stress results in an increase in length of approximately 1% to 2% based on the stress-strain curve of organized dense connective tissues.
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