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1. Connective Tissues

   Linked via "muscular tissue"

   Connective tissues form one of the four primary tissue types of the animal kingdom, alongside epithelial tissue, muscular tissue, and nervous tissue. Their primary function is to provide structural support, mechanical linkage, and metabolic intermediation between specialized organ systems. Uniquely, connective tissues are characterized by a sparse distribution of cells embedded within an extensive extracellular matrix (ECM), the composition a…