How to Use connective tissue in a Sentence
connective tissue
noun-
Clean and trim all the connective tissue from the organs.
— Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 19 Feb. 2020 -
In other words, the dots are there, but the connective tissue isn’t.
— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2020 -
Brian has always been social, the connective tissue between friend groups even in high school.
— Brian Barrett, Wired, 23 June 2020 -
Brisket is a tough cut with connective tissue throughout, and a whole brisket typically weighs 10 pounds or more.
— Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2020 -
Latecomers turned into the soft connective tissues that surround the skeleton.
— Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020 -
The connective tissue between scenes is missing and the reader must reconstruct the narrative.
— Edmund White, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020 -
Most of these injuries were mainly to bone or connective tissue, whose primary function is to help transmit force from the muscles to allow movement.
— Peter Francis, CNN, 3 June 2020 -
Muscle-tension intervals such as these are great to implement at the end of a large base build that includes frequent strides throughout the build, so connective tissue is strong and durable.
— Lukus Klawitter, Outside Online, 27 July 2020 -
That's because the scopes have a short depth of focus, leaving out critical structures like adipose cells, cholesterol crystals, and connective tissue out of the picture.
— Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2020 -
As to the carne, choose a cut of beef that has lots of connective tissue and flavor.
— Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2021 -
Think of it as the connective tissue that will bring us into the next era of trends.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2021 -
These blades slice through fascia, fats, and connective tissue to take the chew out of the meat.
— The Editors, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023 -
And my third bucket is the connective tissue work, the lower leg, the ankle, the Achilles, the calf.
— Greg Presto, Men's Health, 26 July 2022 -
The folds of flesh and connective tissue in the video looked foreign compared to what lay in front of me.
— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024 -
It is caused by fat deposits that push against the connective tissue in the skin.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Discard the bones and connective tissue, and chop the meat into bite-sized chunks.
— Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 -
And that's certainly the connective tissue of the show.
— Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2020 -
Hence the decision to make that idea the connective tissue binding the show.
— Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Save for a single image at the start of the special, there were no signs of Avengers or hints of connective tissue.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022 -
And Billie’s voice is the connective tissue through them all.
— Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 28 Sep. 2023 -
While the potatoes cook, pull the short rib meat off the bones, removing any bits of connective tissue.
— Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 -
The idea was also to have a kind of connective tissue to what the audience has seen before.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Thankfully, She-Hulk is giving us some of the connective tissue that tells us the Avengers are there.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Sep. 2022 -
The couple make their chin rests from wood harvested on their land in the Cinque Terre and their glue from fish skin or the connective tissue of cows.
— Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 -
Leaving the brisket to cook low and slow in the slow cooker is the best way of making sure the connective tissue has a chance to break down and tenderize.
— Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 July 2023 -
In stage 2, the tumors may have spread to connective tissue, muscles or bones.
— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023 -
The nerve can be compressed in a structure near there called the cubital tunnel, where a sheet of connective tissue covers the nerve just over the condyle of the humerus.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Cellulite is caused by a breakdown in the connective tissue that helps to keep skin looking smooth.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 -
They're made up of connective tissue and contain white blood cells (also called lymphocytes).
— Cristina Mutchler, Health, 5 July 2024 -
The disease causes malignant tumors that form in the bone and connective tissue, like fat, blood vessels, nerves and the tissue around bones and joints, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
— Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
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