====== Granulation tissue ====== Granulation [[tissue]] is new [[connective tissue]] and microscopic blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process. Granulation tissue typically grows from the base of a wound and is able to fill wounds of almost any size. ---- Rheumatoid [[granulation tissue]] behind the [[odontoid]] contributes to [[brainstem compression]] in [[rheumatoid arthritis]].