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Soft tissue
Tissue in the body that is not hardened by ossification / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soft tissue connects and surrounds or supports internal organs and bones, and includes muscle, tendons, ligaments, fat, fibrous tissue, lymph and blood vessels, fasciae, and synovial membranes.[1][2] Soft tissue is tissue in the body that is not hardened by the processes of ossification or calcification such as bones and teeth.[1]
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It is sometimes defined by what it is not – such as "nonepithelial, extraskeletal mesenchyme exclusive of the reticuloendothelial system and glia".[3]