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Although tangled together, most of the fibers are fairly straight and look like strong cables. you identify these as the ______ fibers.

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Collagen fibers. You can identify these as collagen fibers in part because they are fairly straight rather than springy. Collagen is a fibrous protein that is found in human connective tissue - specifically collagen can be found in human skin, bones, cartilage, and ligaments.