reticulin.
Fibers in a hide or skin that are believed to
compose a network which surrounds the collagen
fiber bundles and assists in holding them
together. Reticular fibers are found in most
connective tissue (skin) as a network of fine
fibrils which, in sharp distinction to collagen
fibers, exhibit marked branching anastomosis. (26 , 248 )
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