| MEMBRANES | Pliable, sheet-like, fibrous tissues that cover, line or connect plant and animal organs or cells (9) |
| WOODWIDEWEB | Nickname for underground fungal networks that connect plants together |
| CRUCIATE | ___ ligaments, fibrous tissues that cross each other in the knee (8) |
| FLAXEN | Like fibrous plants too little controlled in bog (6) |
| MEMBRANE | Pliable sheet of tissue that covers or connects the organs/cells of animals and plants (8) |
| HEARTS | Myocardial beating organs; or, the suit that aptly "beats" clubs and diamonds in bridge and forms the "cor" of many card games (6) |
| LIGAMENT | Band of tough fibrous tissue that restricts joint movement, connects bones or cartilage, etc (8) |
| FASCIA | Dense fibrous tissue that occurs in sheets beneath the skin and between muscles (6) |
| XYLEMS | Plant tissues that conduct water and nutrients upwards from the roots (6) |
| NETES | Finger keys of accordions, organs or pianos; signs representing pitch or duration of musical sounds; or, calls, songs, warbles etc of birds (5) |
| CYSTS | Thin-walled hollow organs or cavities in plants (and animals), containing liquid secretions (5) |
| TRACT | In anatomy, a region of the body containing a system of organs or tissues serving a particular function (5) |
| REGIONS | Administrative divisions, areas or districts of countries; portions of space; parts of bodies around organs; or, spheres of interest (7) |
| LIERNE | French architectural word for a cross-rib or branch-rib that binds or connects parts of a Gothic vault, apparently like a "clematis" (6) |
| LUMBAGO | Rheumatic pain in the muscles or fibrous tissues in the lower back (7) |
| NAPPES | Sheet-like bodies of rock that have moved, in geology |
| ACHILLESTENDON | A strong cord of fibrous tissue that connects muscles in the back of the calf to the heel bone (8,6) |
| OFFAL | Edible (or inedible!) animal organs (5) |
| PADDED | Like some bras or cells |
| BIOPSY | Medical test that involves the extraction of sample tissue or cells (6) |
