chapter 1. Peculiarities of connective tissue histophysiology, biochemistry and molecular biology -- chapter 2. Cellular elements of connective tissue -- chapter 3. Extracellular matrix of connective tissue. Histophysiology, biochemistry and molecular biology -- chapter 4. Regulation of connective tissue metabolic functions -- chapter 5. Biochemical and molecular mechanisms and manifestations of connective tissue ageing -- chapter 6. Bone : an organ of the support and locomotor apparatus containing all types of connective tissue -- chapter 7. Cartilage-cartilaginous tissue : structural, biochemical and molecular biological characteristics -- chapter 8. Bone tissue : the structural-functional, biochemical and biomolecular characteristics of its components -- chapter 9. Biochemical characteristics of synovial membrane and synovia -- chapter 10. Molecular biological and biochemical regularities of connective tissue structures ontogenesis.