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fibrous
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fibrous /fi·brous/ (fi´brus) composed of or containing fibers.
fi·brous (fbrs)
adj.
Composed of or characterized by fibroblasts, fibrils, or connective tissue fibers.
fibrous
[fī′brəs]
Etymology: L, fibra, fiber
consisting mainly of fibers or fiber-containing materials, such as fibrous connective tissue. See also fibrosis.
fibrous [fi´brus]
composed of or containing fibers.
fibrous
composed of or containing fibers.
fibrous bone
see woven bone.
cardiac fibrous skeleton
includes a ring around each of the atrioventricular valves and each of the great arteries leaving the heart; between the rings are the right and left fibrous trigones.
fibrous dysplasia
localized overgrowth of fibrous tissue in bone.
fibrous feeds
feeds high in fiber, cellulose and lignin.
fibrous growth plates
growth plates composed of fibrocartilage such as that for the tibial tubercle.
fibrous histiocytoma
see malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
fibrous hyperplasia
indistinguishable clinically from fibromatous epulis.
fibrous joint
1. a joint whose bony elements are united with fibrous tissue. See suture (1), syndesmosis.
2. stiffness in a joint due to fibrous tissue reaction in the joint capsule and other supporting structures.
fibrous osteodystrophy
see osteodystrophia fibrosa.
fibrous rings
bands of fibrous tissue surrounding the semilunar valves of the aorta and pulmonary artery and the atrioventricular valves.
fibrous tissue
the common connective tissue of the body, composed of yellow or white parallel elastic and collagen fibers.
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