Editing Loose connective tissue (section)

===Location===
It may be found in tissue sections from almost every part of the body. It surrounds blood vessels and nerves and penetrates with them even into the small spaces of [[muscles]], tendons, and other tissues. It may likewise be present in the mediastinal extremities. Nearly every epithelium rests on a layer of areolar tissue, whose blood vessels provide the epithelium with nutrition, waste removal, and a ready supply of infection-fighting leukocytes when needed. Because of the abundance of open, fluid-filled space, leukocytes can move about freely in areolar tissue and can easily find and destroy pathogens.

The areolar tissue is found beneath the [[epidermis]] layer and is also underneath the [[epithelial]] tissue of all the [[Organ (anatomy)|body systems]] that have external openings.
it makes the skin elastic and helps it to withstand pulling pain. It is also a component of the [[lamina propria]] of the [[digestion|digestive]] and [[respiratory]] tracts, the [[mucous membranes]] of [[reproductive]] and [[urinary]] systems, the [[Stroma (animal tissue)|stroma]] of glands, and the [[hypodermis]] of the skin.
It is also found in the [[mesentery]] which is surrounding the intestine.