Chapter 4 Connective Tissues Flashcards
What is the most abundant and widely distributed of the primary tissues?
Connective tissue
What are the four main classes of connective tissue?
Connective tissue proper
Cartilage
Bone
Blood
What are the subclasses of connective tissue proper?
- Loose connective tissue (includes Areolar, Adipose, Reticular)
- Dense connective tissue (includes Regular, Irregular, Elastic)
What are the cells associated with loose connective tissue?
Fibroblasts
Fibrocytes
Defense cells
Adipocytes
Which subclass of connective tissue proper has a gel-like substance in its matrix?
Loose connective tissue
What are the fiber types found in loose connective tissue?
Collagen
Reticular
Elastic
What are the six different types of connective tissue proper which vary in density and types of fibers?
Areolar Adipose Reticular Dense regular Dense irregular Dense elastic
What are the subclasses of Cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage
Elastic Cartilage
Fibrocartilage
What are the cells associated with cartilage?
Chondroblasts found in growing cartilage
Chondrocytes
What type of matrix does Cartilage have?
Gel-like ground substance
What types of fibers are found in Cartilage?
Collagen
Elastic fibers in some
Cartilage resists compression because of the large amounts of ___ held in the ___.
water, matrix
What are the subclasses of Bone?
Compact bone
Spongey bone
What cells are associated with bone?
Osteoblasts
Osteocytes
What type of matrix does bone have?
Gel-like ground substance calcified with inorganic salts
What type of fibers does bone have?
Collagen
What cells are associated with blood?
Erythrocytes (RBC)
Leukocytes (WBC)
Platelets
What is contained in blood’s matrix?
Plasma, with no fibers
Connective tissue is not composed mainly of cells but instead, largely nonliving ___ ___ separates cells.
extracellular matrix
What are the 3 structural elements of connective tissue?
Ground substance
Fibers
Cells
Composition varies depending on connective tissue
What is unstructured material that fills space between cells
Ground substance
Ground substance is a medium through which solutes ___ between blood capillaries and cells
diffuse
What are the components of ground substance?
- Interstitial fluid
- Cell adhesion proteins (“glue”)
- Proteoglycans
What are proteoglycans?
Protein core + large polysaccharides (chrondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid)
What do proteoglygans do?
Trap water in varying amounts, affecting viscosity of ground substance
What are the three types of fibers that provide support in connective tissue?
Collagen
Elastic
Reticular
Connective tissue fiber which is the strongest and most abundant type. Tough; provides high tensile strength
Collagen
Connective tissue fiber which has networks of long, thin, elastin fibers that allow for stretch and recoil
Elastic fibers
Connective tissue fiber which has short, fine, highly branched collagenous fibers (different chemistry and form than collagen fibers)
Branch, forming networks that offer more “give”
Reticular
What type of cell is in an immature form; mitotically active, and secrete ground substance and fibers?
Blast cells
Blast cell associated with Connective tissue proper?
Fibroblasts
Blast cell associated with Cartilage?
Chondroblasts
Blast cell associated with Bone
Osteoblasts
Cells found in hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow
Blast cells
Mature form, maintain matrix
-cyte cells i.e. Chondrocytes in cartilage
Other cells types in connective tissue include:
- Fat cells
- WBC
- Mast cells
- Macophages
Which loose connective tissue supports and binds other tissues; is the universal packing material between other tissues?
Areolar connective tissue
Areolar connective tissue is the most widely distributed, provides reservoir of ___ and ___, defends against infection, stores nutrients as fat, and when inflamed soaks up fluid which is called ___
water, salts
edema
What fiber types does Areolar connective tissue have/
All three:
Collagen
Elastic
Reticular
What cells are found in Areolar connective tissue?
- Fibroblasts
- Macrophages
- Mast cells
- Some WBCs
Which loose connective tissue is white fat, similar to areolar but has greater nutrient fat storage?
Adipose tissue
What is adipose tissue’s cells?
Adipocyte; stores nutrients
What type of matrix does adipose tissue have?
Scanty matrix
Adipose tissue is ___ vascularized.
richly