elastic t., osseous t., and cartilage, corneous t

Compact ma es of cells which are soft near their vascular bases, but near their free surface hard, fiat, and often devoid of a nucleus; found in the hair, nails, hoofs, horns, and epidermis, dental t., dentinal t. See dentin, elastic t. That part of the connective t. of the body consisting of branched and anastomosing elastic fibers or of elastic membranes, embryo plastic t. Embryonic connective t. before the fibers are developed, endothelial t. The t. formed by the endothelia of the body, epidermic t. The epidermis and its appendages, with the epithelium of mucous membranes, epithelial t. The t. formed by the epithelia of the body, erectile t.