page_title: Granulation tissue
section_title: Appearance
hierarchical_section_title: Granulation tissue / Appearance
caption_attribution_description: Example of granulation tissue from a cut on a finger with "proud flesh".
context_page_description: Granulation tissue is new connective tissue and microscopic blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process. Granulation tissue typically grows from the base of a wound and is able to fill wounds of almost any size. Examples of granulation tissue can be seen in pyogenic granulomas and pulp polyps. Its histological appearance is characterized by proliferation of fibroblasts and new thin-walled, delicate capillaries, infiltrated inflammatory cells in a loose extracellular matrix.
context_section_description: During the migratory phase of wound healing, granulation tissue is:
  light red or dark pink in color, being perfused with new capillary loops or "buds";
  soft to the touch;
  moist; and
  bumpy (granular) in appearance, due to punctate hemorrhages
  pulseful on palpation
  painless when healthy
caption: Example of granulation tissue from a cut on a finger with "proud flesh".
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