Anat: Connective Tissue Flashcards
1
Q
What are the basic components of connective tissue?
A
Collagen fibres
Elastic fibres
Ground substance
2
Q
What do fibroblasts do?
A
Cells that build and maintain extracellular matrix
3
Q
What do collagen fibres consist of?
A
Collagen fibres consist of hundreds of collagen microfibrils which themselves have been assembled from triplets of individual collagen chains. The assembly of these chains are extracellular
4
Q
What are the main components of ground substance?
A
Proteoglycans
Hyaluronan
Water
5
Q
Why is elastin needed in connective tissue?
A
It provides elasticity to the structure, which can be made more or less elastic depending on the arrangement of the fibre
