ground substance

Noun
  1. The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded (synset 105589955)
    is a type of: body substance - the substance of the body
    is a part of:
    • bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    • connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
    • cartilage, gristle - tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
    same as: intercellular substance, matrix
  2. The clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell (synset 105441629)
    is a type of: cytol, cytoplasm - the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
    same as: hyaloplasm

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