Thread by @StewartalsopIII

A #stablethread on connective tissue and its importance to our human bodies!

For more info on other types of tissues, check out this master thread on tissue types:

https://twitter.com/StewartalsopIII/status/1323612739156193281

Connective tissue is the glue that holds our body together. This one is the hardest one to visualize because its main role is to connect other types of tissue together. Think of it like all the people who make things work in our modern society but you never hear about, the cogs.

One of the most well-known types of connective tissue is fascia, but there is so much more!

Here is a thread I already built on Fascia:

https://twitter.com/StewartalsopIII/status/1322874191704633346?s=20

Most people have heard of fascia because its so hyped, but there is a wealth of amazement in the connective tissue outside of fascia. I'm still working on my mental model of both of them and just had an insight that I will explain below.

Connective tissue has 3 components:

1. Fibers (of which fascia is one)
2. Ground Substance
3. Cells

I wasn't quite clear on the line between fascia and connective tissue, but now understand that fascia is a subset of connective tissue, but now I have just reached another block

For a long time, I have been trying to visualize the extra-cellular matrix and the main question I have now is:

What is the relationship between the extracellular matrix and the connective tissue?

This is partly why I'm doing these threads, so that I can get it all clear enough by pretending someone is listening 😂

Now I know that the extracellular matrix is a classification that transcends the connective tissue category and is actually present in all tissue types.

Is that accurate @1Biotensegrity?