soft tissues
Muscles, fat, tendons
Soft tissues are the body's non-bony structures—muscles, tendons, ligaments, fat, blood vessels, nerves, and skin.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: soft tissue injuries, soft tissue damage.
In forensics and archaeology, soft tissues are what decay first, leaving only bones behind.
- tendonMuscle-to-bone connector
- skinBody's outer layer
- fleshSoft body matter
- muscleContractile body tissue
- fatAdipose tissue
body fat · joint capsule · fascia · tear · blood · fibroblasts · ligament · muscle strain · collagen · elastic · dermis · parenchyma · stroma · nerves · nerve endings · marrow · fiber · injury
anatomical structural composition
soft tissuesskeleton
Internal supportive framework
bone · skeletal system · bones · teeth · skeletal framework
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