Editing Connective tissue (section)

===Dense connective tissue===
[[Dense connective tissue]] also known as '''fibrous connective tissue'''<ref name="NCI2024">{{Cite web |date=2 February 2011 |title=Fibrous connective tissue |url=https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/fibrous-connective-tissue# |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |publisher=National Cancer Institute |language=en}}</ref> is subdivided into [[dense regular connective tissue|dense regular]] and [[dense irregular connective tissue]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Potter |first=Hugh |title=The Connective Tissues |url=http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-potter/connective_tissues.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031231335/http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-potter/connective_tissues.htm |archive-date=31 October 2012 |access-date=9 December 2012}}</ref> Dense regular connective tissue, found in structures such as [[tendon]]s and [[ligament]]s, is characterized by [[collagen]] fibers arranged in an orderly parallel fashion, giving it tensile strength in one direction. Dense irregular connective tissue provides strength in multiple directions by its dense bundles of fibers arranged in all directions.{{cn|date=November 2022}}