MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Collagen, elastin and reticular are three types of protein fibers found in the connective tissue. Extracellular matrix of connective tissue is composed of these three types of fibers. All three fibers are embedded in the ground substance. Loose connective tissue has all three types of fibers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organic portion or protein fibers found in connective tissues are either collagen, elastic, or reticular fibers. Collagen fibers provide strength to the tissue, preventing it from being torn or separated from the surrounding tissues.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reticular connective tissue resembles areolar connective tissue, but the only fibers in its matrix are reticular fibers, which form a delicate network along which fibroblasts called reticular cells lie scattered.