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The 63 pages that link to Collagen, each with the reason it gives.

• ProteinBroader topic: Collagen’s tensile strength helps support skin, tendons, cartilage, and bone.

• Connective tissueBroader topic: Collagen fibers provide tensile strength to many connective tissues.

• GlycineBroader topic: Every third residue is glycine, allowing the three chains to pack closely together.

• AponeurosisBroader topic: Collagen fibers give aponeuroses their tensile strength.

• Chuck steakBroader topic: Heat and time can convert its connective-tissue fibers into gelatin.

• Connective tissue cellsBroader topic: Fibroblasts synthesize collagen, the matrix protein that gives many connective tissues tensile strength.