Areolar And Adipose Connective Tissues

Question 1

Nature of areolar tissue

Answer 1

1.loosely spaced
2.living

Question 2

Matrix of areolar tissue

Answer 2

1.jelly like intercellular matrix
2.consists of *white collagen and *yellow elastin fibers
3.irregular cells like fibroblasts
4.helps in improving immune response by ingesting foreign material and old tissues cells, done by MACROPHAGES

Question 3

Location of areolar tissue

Answer 3

1.most abundant tissue in the body
2.found between skin and muscles

Question 4

functions of areolar tissue

Answer 4

1.provides support and packaging to body parts
2.helps in repair from injury
3.fixes skin to the muscles
4.combats foreign pathogens

Question 5

nature of adipose tissue(formation)

Answer 5

made up of fat storing cells—–ADIPOCYTES
loosely packed default statement

Question 6

adipocyte structuring

Answer 6

1.oval or round shaped
2.consist of a huge fat droplet—fills up almost the whole cell
3.stores fat in form of lipids in fat globules
4.LOBULES of cells are made and separated by collagen and elastin
5.these collagen and elastin consists of blood vessels of the lobules

Question 7

Location of adipose

Answer 7

1.largely below skin
2.in internal organs
3.around;
kidneys
blood vessels
nerves

Question 8

function of adipose

Answer 8

1.fat reservoir
2.SHAPE to the limbs of body
3.keeps visceral organs like lungs, heart etc. in position
4.forms shock-absorber cushions around kidneys and eye balls
5.insulator of heat, thus prevents heat to escape from body, REGULATING TEMPRATURE