MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -All connective tissues contain protein fibers. The most common fiber type is made of the protein collagen; collagen fibers are flexible and strong.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reticular fiber is composed of one or more types of very thin and delicately woven strands of type III collagen. These strands build a highly ordered cellular network and provide a supporting network. Many of these types of collagen have been combined with carbohydrate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Collagen fiber is made from fibrous protein subunits linked together to form a long and straight fiber. Collagen fibers, while flexible, have great tensile strength, resist stretching, and give ligaments and tendons their characteristic resilience and strength.