The periodontist will also take a small measuring instrument called a probe and place it between the teeth and gums to determine the depth of those spaces, known as periodontal pockets; this helps the periodontist assess the health of the gums.
The ground substance of connective tissue is different from all of these fluids; it is the liquid medium through which these other fluid exchanges take place.
in connective tissue the ground substance is an amorphous gel like substance surrounding the cells in a tissue cells are surrounded and supported by an extracellular matrix ground substance traditionally does not include fibers collagen and elastic fibers but does include all the other components of the extracellular matrix the components of the ground substance vary depending on the tissue