Anatomy Flashcards
What component in connective tissue, which produces heparin and histamine, is often found along blood vessels?
Mast cells
Elastin
One of the three fibers found in the connective tissue matrix is:
The quality of soft tissue where collagen fibers become “packed down” through increased hydrogen bonding that occurs in response to tissue stress.
Adhesiveness
The nonvascular, firm connective tissue found on the ends of long bones, the walls of the thorax, the ear, etc.
Cartilage
Also known as cellular respiration, this process is the use of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide for ATP energy production in cells.
Cellular exchange
A type of fiber, found in the connective tissue matrix, that is composed of collagen protein. It forms the tough, rope-like strands that make up the fibrous content of skin, fascia, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, and organs.
Collagen fiber
The tissue that creates the structural framework of the body, providing support, transport, storage, and protection to organs and cells.
Connective tissue
The tough layer of connective tissue that drapes over muscle and attaches to bony prominences by fusing with superficial layers of bone.
Deep fascia
A fibrous protein, similar to collagen, that coils and recoils like a spring and accounts for the elasticity of structures such as the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, intestines, tendons, and ligaments.
Elastin
A type of fiber, found in the connective tissue matrix, that is composed of the protein elastin. These long, thin, crosslinked fibers can be stretched to one-and-one-half times their resting length and provide elasticity to tissue.
Elastin fibers
Connective tissue that surrounds individual muscle fiber.
Endomysium
Connective tissue that surrounds an entire muscle.
Epimysium
The structural bridges that link the skin, subcutaneous layer, and deeper muscle layers in a continuous network.
Fascial bands
Fascial bands
The organization of fascia that allows adjacent structures to slide relative to each other and facilitate movement within the body
A specialized system of the body involving widely distributed connective tissue called fascia that creates the body’s supportive network. The superficial layer of fascia is often compared to a knit sweater that wraps the entire body to explain how fascia links all body regions together. Deeper fascia separates individual structures without losing the cohesion between them. For example, it wraps individual muscle fibers, fascicles, and individual muscles and then weaves them to tendons to attach muscle to bone. It provides the underlying supportive structure of blood vessels, lymph vessels, and nerves, defines the shape of organs, and tethers them in their proper places within the body.
Fascial system
Bundles of muscle fibers surrounded by additional connective tissue; the perimysium.
Fascicles
The most abundant cells in connective tissue; they secrete hyaluronic acid and proteins into ground substance to give it viscosity.
Fibroblasts
A state of fascia in which it is dehydrated, shortened, dense, and adhered to surrounding structures.
Gel state
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
The hydrophilic polysaccharides used by the body as a lubricant and shock absorber
A fluid produced by fibroblasts that looks like egg white and surrounds all the cells in the body to support cellular metabolism.
Ground substance
Ground substance
It provides nutritional support to cells while binding them together and providing a medium through which substances can be exchanged between blood and cells. It also serves as a spacer between collagen fibers to keep them from sticking together.
Myofascial techniques are believed to break——- to reduce adhesions.
hydrogen bonding
A fibrous connective tissue sleeve covering the surfaces of bones where they articulate with each other.
Joint capsule
An immune cell found in areolar connective tissue that releases histamine, a dilator of small blood vessels during inflammation. These cells also play a role in wound healing, defense against certain pathogens, and in allergic reactions and anaphylaxis.
Mast cells
The meridians or lines of fascia that create connection between adjacent muscle group
Myofascial chains
A muscle protein located in the cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
Myofibrils
The thin, connective tissue layer surrounding each fascicle of a muscle.
Perimysium
A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps all bone (except for the articulating surfaces in joints) and serves as the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Periosteum
A term that means “pressure electricity” and refers to the ability of living tissue to generate electrical potentials in response to mechanical deformation.
Piezoelectricity
A type of fiber, found in the connective tissue matrix, that is formed from delicate collagen strands crossing over each other to create intricate and extensive networks that support other structures.
Reticular fibers
Shock absorption
A function of the connective tissue system.
State of fascia in which it is well hydrated and elastic, allowing for freedom of movement in the body.
Sol state
Structural integrity
A function of the connective tissue system.
Superficial fascia
Fascia in the superficial realm of the body; just beneath the skin.
Tensegrity
Tensional integrity; the integrity of a structure derived from the balance of tensional properties within it.
The amount of stress a structure can withstand while being stretched before it breaks.
Tensile force
A phenomenon in which gels become more fluid when they are stirred up and more solid when they are undisturbed. The ground substance in connective tissue, especially fascia, has the unique ability to move between a more fluid sol state and a viscous gel state. The application of massage techniques that lift, twist, compress, vibrate, and stretch the tissue, mechanically stir the ground substance to improve tissue health.
Thixotropy
The quality of connective tissue that allows it to be deformed by an outside force and remain deformed for a period of time after deformation occurs
Viscoelasticity
This type of fascia surrounds organs and muscles so they can glide over each other without sticking:
Deep fascia
Muscles that have fibers oriented at multiple angles along a force-generating axis are called:
Multipennate
Leukocytes are born in the red bone marrow, then migrate here for maturation:
Thymus
An immune system response that involves a previous exposure or vaccination is:
Specific
The volume of air that can be exhaled from the lungs after maximum inhalation is termed:
Vital capacity
Which gland is the site of T-cell maturation and is larger in children than adults?
Thymua
What is another term for the repair stage of the inflammatory response?
Subacute inflammation
What type of fascia separates various muscles of the extremities?
Deep fascia
