HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

 YELLOW ELASTIC TISSUES

It is the type of connective tissues made up of fibres that are thicker branched and yellow in colour  the fibres are not wavy and may be present singly or in bundles these type of fibres are found in bronchi larynx lungs arteries and in areolar connective tissue as it is elastic in nature it helps in binding various parts together and also helps in movement of the organ 

Adipose tissue :

It is also known as loose connective tissue the cells of the adipose tissue contain a fatty substance and they are large and round in shape adipose tissue is found beneath skin (sub cutaneous tissue) in the mesentery omentum etc this tissue prevents the injury to organs gives shape to limbs stores energy in form of fats and regulates body temperature 

Lymphoid tissue ::

This tissue contains lymph lymph glands lymphatic vessels etc this tissue is distributed in peyer patches small intestine lymph glands pharyngeal tonsils etc 

reticular tissue :

it resembles white fibrous tissue but the fibres are thinner and branching the cells of this tissue form a part of the reticulo endothelial system reticular tissue is also found in spleen liver lymph glands bone marrow etc 

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