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Mesenchyme (Connective Tissue (Cartilage (Hyaline (Amorphous but firm…

- - - - Regular
        
        Primarily parallel collagen fibers. Withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction. Tendons, most ligaments. Attaches muscles to bones or to other muscles.
      - Elastic
        
        Dense regular connective tissue containing high proportion of elastic fibers. Allows recoils of tissue following stretching. Walls of large arteries, within the walls of the brachial tubes. Maintains pustule floe of blood through arteries.
      - Irregular
        
        Primarily irregularly arranged collagen fibers. Major cell type is fibroblast, few elastic fibers. Found in the dermis of the skin. Major cell type is fibroblast. Some elastic fibers.
    - - Areolar
        
        gel like matrix with all three fiber types. plays important role in inflammation. wraps and cushions organs. Widely distributed under epithelia of body.
      - Adipose
        
        Packed adipocytes, or fat cells. Insulates against heat loss and protects organs. Within abdomen and in breasts. Under the skin, around kidneys and eyeballs.
      - Reticular
        
        Network of reticular fibers in a typical loose ground substance. Fibers form a soft internal skeleton that supports other cell types. Found in Lymphoid organs.
  - - - Amorphous but firm matrix. Supports and reinforces, serves as resilient fusion resists compressive stress. Covers the ends of long bones in joint cavities. Forms costal cartilage of the ribs.
    - - Matrix similar to but less firm than matrix in hyaline cartilage. Tensile strength with ability to absorb compressive shock. Found between vertebrae. Thick collagen fibers predominate.
    - - Similar to byline cartilage, but more elastic fibers in matrix. Maintains the shape of a structure while allowing great flexibility. Supports the external ear.