ground substance
Intercellular gel medium
Ground substance is the gel-like material that fills the spaces between cells and fibers in connective tissue.
It consists mainly of water, proteins, and carbohydrates, providing a medium through which nutrients and waste products diffuse between cells and blood vessels.
The term emphasizes that this substance forms the background matrix in which other tissue components are embedded: The ground substance gives cartilage its resilience.
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- hyaluronic acidMoisture-retaining tissue sugar
- connective tissueSupportive biological matrix
- hydratedSufficiently supplied with fluid
- water retentionBody storing excess fluid
chondroitin sulfate · amorphous · fibroblast · cartilage · glycoproteins · soft tissue · chondroitin · dermis · jelly · shock absorber · fluid · cushioning · filler · plasma · mucus · basement membrane · supportive · gelatinous
- connective tissueconnective tissue, collagen, elastin, cartilage, tendon
- Dermis componentscollagen, elastin, fibroblasts, blood vessel, nerve ending
- Matrix Proteinscollagen, elastin, collagens, basement membrane, type I collagen
- body fluidsblood, lymph, saliva, urine, sweat
- bone biologybone tissue, osteoblasts, osteoid, bone formation, ossification
- tooth histologyenamel, dentin, cementum, pulp, root canal
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