• STRONG, THICK, MADE OF COLLAGEN
• MICROFIBRILS COMBINE TO MAKE BUNDLES OF LONG PARALLEL FIBERS
• TENSILE STRENGTH, RESIST STRETCHING 
• IN TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS
• ARRANGED LOOSELY TO SURROUND AND PROTECT ORGANS
• AKA: WHITE FIBERS

• MADE OF COLLAGEN, THIN, DELICATE AND BRANCHED
• MEANS NET
• PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR CELLULAR ORGANS (SPLEEN, LIVER, ENDOCRINE GLANDS)
• SURROUNDS BLOOD VESSELS, NERVES, CAPILLARIES AND MUSCLE FIBERS

• COMPOSED OF PROTEIN ELASTIN
• FIBERS ARE BRANCHED 
• FORM NETWORKS
• NO TENSILE STRENGTH 
• COMPOSED OF BUNDLES OF COILED MICROFIBRILS
• VERY STRETCHY
• YELLOW FIBERS
• IN VOCAL CHORDS, LUNGS SKIN AND WALL OF BLOOD VESSESLS

• LOOSE CT (PROPER)
• AREOLAR TISSUE WITH ADIPOCYTES
• ENERGY STORAGE, INSULATION, CUSHIONING AND PROTECTING
• WHITE: REGULAR TYPE OF FAT
• BROWN: HIGH IN MITOCHONDRIA, USED FOR HEAT PROTECTION :HIBERNATING GLAND:

• LOOSE CT (PROPER)
• COMPLEX 3D NETWORKS
• FRAMEWORK OF ORGANS (LIVER, SPLEEN)
• MATRIX MAKES STOMA

• TIGHTLY PACKED
• PARALLEL COLLAGEN FIBERS
• HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH
• COPES WITH FORCES IN ONE DIRECTION
• SILVERY WHITE, SLOW TO HEAL, FEW CELLS OR GROUND SUBSTANCE
• TENDON, LIGAMENT AND FASCIA

• COLLAGEN FIBERS IN THICK BUNDLES, WOVEN RANDOLMY IN A SHEET
• COPES WITH FORCES FROM MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
• DERMIS, CAPSULE OF LIVER, KIDNEY, TESTIS

• DENSE  CT
• COMPOSED OF ELASTIC FIBERS, NOT COLLAGEN
• FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHY
• FIBERS PARALLEL OR WOVEN
• INVERTEBRAL SPACE, WALLS OF STOMACH, ARTERIES, BRONCHI

• FOUND IN JOINTS, EAR ,NOSE
• FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE BONES
• GAG HOLDS HUGE AMOUNTS OF WATER
• GREAT CUSHIONING ABILITY, FELXIBILITY AND DIFFUSION FOR CHONDROCYTES
• POOR HEALING ABILITY, RECIEVES NUTRITION VIS PERICHONDRIUM

• MOST COMMON
• LOOKS LIKE GLASS
• CANNOT BE REGENERATED ONCE ITS DESTROYED
• REPLACED BY FIBROCARTILAGE
• ARTICULAR CARTILAGE, TRACHEAL RINGS, GROWTH PLATES
• SPECIALIZED CT

ELASTIC CT

• SPECIALIZED CT
• LIKE HYALINE, BUT WITH ELASTIC FIBERS THAT LOOK BLACK
• FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT 
• EPIGLOTTIS AND PINNA

FIBROCARTILAGE

• SPECIALIZED CT
• SEEN WITH HYALINE AND DENSE CT
• NO PERICHONDRIUM
• REPLACES OTHER DAMAGED CARTILAGE
• INTERVERTEBRAL SPACES, BETWEEN BONES IN PELVIS