Dubbed the interstitium, the discovery reveals that what was previously thought to be simply dense connective tissue is actually a complex series of interconnected, fluid-filled compartments.

Published March 27 in Scientific Reports, a new study co-led by an NYU School of Medicine pathologist reveals that layers of the body long thought to be dense, connective tissues -- below the skin ...

The interstitium. What scientists thought to be a layer of dense connective tissue in various parts of the human body has now been identified as something a lot more interesting: a discrete organ ...

The research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that a network of dense connective tissues and fluid-filled compartments called the interstitium is a full-fledged organ ...

Breasts are composed of fat, connective tissue that holds the breasts together, and the part of the breast that makes milk when breastfeeding. Those tissues look different on a mammogram.

Like many other joints in the body, the knee has a dense, fibrous, connective tissue that seals the joint space between the bones. In the knee, these bones are the femur and tibia.

Nuclear softening expedites interstitial cell migration in fibrous networks and dense connective tissues. Science Advances , 2020; 6 (25): eaax5083 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax5083 Cite This Page : ...

Figure 1: Key jaw anatomy of a rorqual lunge, shown in a fin whale (B. physalus). a, Jaw in oblique view. ... The organ is bound on all sides by dense connective tissue; ...