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collagen fibers - high tensile
strength with some
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flexibility
found in inelastic types of tissues.
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elastic fibers - provide organs and tissues with the
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ability
to stretch and recoil.
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reticular fibers - made of the same molecules as
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collagen
but thinner, they form an internal mesh-like
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network
within organs.
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