Study on Connective Tissue Fibers in Neck Skin of Goat
January 2005
in “
Indian Journal of Animal Research
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Studysummary This study describes the structural composition of the skin's dermis in experimental animals, highlighting the arrangement of collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers as well as associated glands and muscles.
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The study on the connective tissue fibers in the neck skin of goats revealed that the dermis consisted of a network of collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers, along with sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair follicles, and arrector pili muscles. Collagen fibers were fine, loosely arranged, and irregularly distributed in the papillary layer, while they were thick and densely arranged in the reticular layer. Elastic fibers were rare, finely branched in the papillary layer, and arranged perpendicular to the skin surface. Reticular fibers were abundant at the dermo-epidermal junction, around sweat glands, sebaceous glands, blood vessel walls, and in the capsule of hair follicles.