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Dense Irregular Conective Tissue

Dense irregular connective tissue is composed of bundles of collagen fibers that are oriented in multiple directions. As a result, the collagen fibers appear to be random. Under high power, you can also observe the nuclei of the fibroblasts.

Slides on this page were made by students between the spring of 2018 and the spring of 2020. Go through the diffrent student pictures and compare them to your lab book picture. Then slect one to draw on paper. Be sure to label the cells and the fibers.

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Dense Irregular connective tissue
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Dense Irregular connective tissue
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Dense Irregular connective tissue
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Dense Irregular connective tissue