Loose or areolar connective tissue is the most generalised connective tissue, which is spread extensively throughout the body, under the skin and epithelia, around and in between the muscles, around nerves and blood vessels between lobes and lobules of compound glands, in the submucosa of respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. It functions mainly for binding the parts together but also helps in sliding movement of epithelia, muscles and other parts and also forms the internal histological framework or stroma of many solid organs.