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{{Short description|Tissue in the body that is not hardened by ossification}} [[Image:Tendon - add - high mag.jpg|thumb|[[Micrograph]] of a [[tendon]]. [[H&E stain|Hematoxylin and eosin stain]].]] '''Soft tissue''' [[connective tissue|connects]] and surrounds or supports internal organs and bones, and includes [[muscle]], [[tendon]]s, [[ligament]]s, [[Adipose tissue|fat]], [[fibrous tissue]], [[Lymphatic vessel|lymph]] and [[blood vessel]]s, [[fascia]]e, and [[synovial membrane]]s.<ref name="Dict"/><ref "name=Cancer">{{cite web | url = https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/soft-tissue | title = Soft Tissue | work = NCI Dictionaries | publisher = at [[National Cancer Institute]] }}</ref>Β Soft tissue is [[Tissue (biology)|tissue]] in the body that is not [[hard tissue|hardened]] by the processes of [[ossification]] or [[calcification]] such as [[bone]]s and [[teeth]].<ref name="Dict">{{cite web |title=Soft tissue |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/soft%20tissue |access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> It is sometimes defined by what it is not β such as "nonepithelial, extraskeletal [[mesenchyme]] exclusive of the [[reticuloendothelial]] system and [[glia]]".<ref name="isbn0-07-143833-5">{{cite book | vauthors = Skinner HB |title=Current diagnosis & treatment in orthopedics |publisher=Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill |location=Stamford, Conn |year=2006 |page=346 |isbn=0-07-143833-5 }}</ref>
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