Slide DMS55 [Tendon]. Dense, regularly-arranged fibrous CT. Study this slide with low and high power. This section of a tendon is representative of. Ligaments and aponeuroses have a similar appearance. Note the rows of blue-stained fibroblasts separated by the longitudinally-oriented bundles of acidophilic collagen fibers. Note the sparsity of blood vessels in this type of connective tissue.