GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Connective tissue is the most abundant and diverse type of animal tissue.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue in the body comprising 40-50% of body mass in humans and playing a central role in maintaining metabolic health.

Detailed explanation-3: -Collagen: Collagen fibers are the strongest and most abundant of all the connective tissue fibers. Collagen fibers are fibrous proteins and are secreted into the extracellular space and they provide high tensile strength to the matrix.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adipose tissue, otherwise known as body fat, is a connective tissue that extends throughout your body. It’s found under your skin (subcutaneous fat), between your internal organs (visceral fat) and even in the inner cavities of bones (bone marrow adipose tissue).

Detailed explanation-5: -244 top paragraph: “Connective tissue takes part in the structure of most organs. Its main protein is collagen, which may thus be 30-40% of all the proteins of the body. Collagen is a macromolecule deposited in the form of fibers.