As a result of this basic topology, other tissues are either supported upon connective tissue (epithelial surfaces), invaginated into connective tissue (glandular epithelium), or embedded within the connective tissue (blood vessels, muscles, and nerves).he extracellular matrix of connective tissue is composed of ground substance and fibers. In ordinary connective tissue, the ground substanc e consists mainly of water. The principal fiber type is collagen (the most abundant protein in the body), with elastic fibers as a minor element.
Definition of sham. 1  1 : a trick that deludes : hoax feared that the deal was a sham. 2  2 : cheap falseness : hypocrisy saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant â Oscar Wilde. 3  3 : an ornamental covering for a pillow.  4 : an imitation or counterfeit purporting to be 1  genuine. 5 : a person who shams.
Sham means not real or fake. An example of sham used as an adjective is the phrase sham intelligence which means smarts that are not really there. The definition of a sham is something or someone that is false or has a disguise. An example of a sham is a fake diamond being advertised as a real one. To sham is defined as to pretend to be something you are not or to disguise something. An example of to sham is to advertise fake gold as real.