Fibrous Connective Tissue Connective tissue along with epithelium, muscle and nervous tissue is one of the four basic tissues.
Connective tissue is characterized by an abundance of intercellular substance, or matrix.
Connective tissue is composed of three structural entities namely an amorphous ground substance, fibers and cells. The ground substance is often difficult to demonstrate histologically, sometimes occurring as a fine granular precipitate. On the following filmstrips we will consider initially the component fibers, and then the cells before reviewing the various types of connective tissue proper. This in turn will be followed by filmstrips covering the specialized connective tissues such as blood, cartilage and bone.