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.
structural elements of connective tissue extracellular matrix ground substance that has a lot of sugar proteins and large sugars extracellular matrix is composed of ground substance ranges from gel like to hard in texture and protein fibers collagen reticular elastic