Sentences with phrase «fibrous tissue called»

The whole follicle structure sits on a pad of fibrous tissue called the Arao - Perkins body.

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Tissue engineers are enthusiastic about a technique called decellularization that involves using detergent to remove all of the cells from an organ, leaving a scaffold consisting of the fibrous material between cells.

The cells responsible for the production of the fibers that makes this connective tissue are called fibroblasts, and if these cells are overactive, this can cause an abundance of fibrous tissue, resulting in a slow - growing mass near or on the skin.

The outer surface of bones is called the periosteum and a component of this is fibrous connective tissue.

Tumors that arise from muscle, bone and fibrous connective tissues of the body are called sarcomas.

Hypothyroidism is triggered when the thyroid gland begins to waste away (called atrophy) or from a condition called lyphocytic inflammation, which is a condition where cells called lymphocytes enter the thyroid gland, and then turn normal tissue into fibrous tissue (fibrous tissue is common connective tissue in your dog's body).

Chronic hepatitis in dogs, also called inflammatory canine hepatic disease, refers to a syndrome in which death of hepatic cells (hepatocellular necrosis) has occurred and is associated with a chronic inflammatory process which typically progresses to liver fibrosis (replacement of hepatic tissue with fibrous tissue) and cirrhosis (progressive derangement of the liver architecture and function).

Together with layers of flexible fibrous tissue and cartilage, they are called the joint capsule.