the bones, cartilaginous t

See cartilage, cavernous t. Fibrous and elastic t. containing in the areolae a freely communicating plexus of veins or venous sinuses, all included in an elastic envelope and capable of great increase in bulk when the veins are distended with blood, cellular t. Areolar t. chromaffin t. Ti ue composed of cells that stain readily with chromic salts, compact o eous t. See compact o eous substance, under substance, complex t's, composite t's, compound t's. T's composed of two or more simple t's in nearly equal proportions, as in blood ve els, lymph ve els, lymphatic glands, etc. connective t. T. serving for the support or connection of other t's. It consists of soft ma es, as in areolar t., in tendons, and in ligaments, or of more or le hard and rigid ma es, as in cartilage, bone, and dentin. The term connective t. is sometimes limited to the soft connective substances in the body, excluding bone and cartilage. See areolar t., white fibrous t.,