Chapter 3: Connective Tissue

Question 1

What is the function of connective tissue?

Answer 1

Connects body parts. Protects, supports, and binds together other body tissue.

Question 2

Where is connective tissue found in the body?

Answer 2

Found everywhere in the body.

Question 3

Common characteristics of connective tissue are?

Answer 3

Variations in blood supply. Most is well vascularized, but tendons and ligaments have poor blood flow and cartilages are avascular all together.
They also have an extracellular matrix. This matrix is dead, and is excreted by the living connective cells that form the tissue in order to form a layer designed for protection. This layer is thin in some areas, like in fat tissue, but very thick and strong in others like bone and cartilage.

Question 4

What are the main connective tissue types?

Answer 4

Bone, cartilage, tendons, blood, ligaments.

Question 5

Examples of dense connective tissue are?

Answer 5

Tendons and ligaments.

Question 6

Tendons

Answer 6

Connect muscle to bone.

Question 7

Ligaments

Answer 7

Connect bone to bone.

Question 8

Example of loose connective tissue are?

Answer 8

Areolar Tissue- most widely distributed connective tisse in the body. Functions as a packaging tissue and glue, to hold organs in their proper place.
Adipose Tissue- this is fat. This forms the subcutaneous layer under the skin and insulates body from heat and cold.
Reticular Connective Tissue- forms the stoma, which is the internal framework. This can support free blood cells in lymphoid organs like lymph nodes, spleen, and bone marrow.
Blood- consist of blood cells surrounded by nonliving fluid matrix call blood plasma.