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The connective tissues proper is comprised of fibrocyte, ground substance of GAG, proteoglycan, glycoproteins, and primarily collagen fibers. Cartilages contain chondrocytes, which is a type of fibrocyte, and also includes GAG, proteoglycan, glycoproteins. And also of collegen fibers. What is the essential difference between the two? I don’t understand
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7 years ago
Hi DavidL

Connective tissue proper has two subclasses: loose and dense.

Loose connective tissue is divided into 1) areolar, 2) adipose, 3) reticular.
Dense connective tissue is divided into 1) dense regular, 2) dense irregular, 3) elastic.

Cartilage is composed of specialized cells called chondroblasts and, unlike other connective tissues, cartilage does not contain blood vessels.

I believe that's the main difference between the two.
Source  https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/organization-at-the-tissue-level-4/connective-tissue-61/types-of-connective-tissue-388-6977/
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