Granulation Tissue

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Granulation Tissue


  • "Richly vascular tissue which contains abundant fibroblasts and variable numbers of inflammatory cells"
  • Repair process
    • angiogenesis - loops of capillaries enter wound
    • deposition of non-collagenous extra-cellular matrix
    • fibroblasts migrate in and proliferate to myofibroblasts
    • myofibroblasts secrete collagen and contract to close wound

 

 

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