GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mucous connective tissue that is found in the vitreous humour of eye and umbilical cord of newborns and is also called as Wharton’s jelly.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cord tissue, or Wharton’s jelly, is the insulating tissue surrounding the two arteries and one vein found in the umbilical cord. It contains fats, white cells and, more importantly, a great number of stem cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mucosa is the soft tissue that lines the body’s canals and organs in the digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems. It’s also called the mucous membrane. Mucosa has three layers: epithelium, lamina propria and muscularis mucosae. It plays an important part in immunity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mucoid connective tissue is found in the umbilical cord. Its mesenchymal cells are loosely distributed within a collagen rich ECM called Wharton’s jelly.

Detailed explanation-5: -This type of connective tissue contains fibroblasts within a viscous extracellular matrix, which functions to support and cushion the blood vessels within the umbilical cord.