Connective And Nervous Flashcards
Adipose connective tissue (4)
Hypodermis
Surrounding the kidneys
Surrounding the eyeballs
Yellow bone marrow
Areolar connective tissue (3)
Within the dermis
Between muscles
Around blood vessels and nerves
Reticular connective tissue (5)
Liver Kidney Spleen Lymph nodes Red bone marrow
Dense regular connective tissue (2)
Tendons and aponeurons
Most ligaments
Dense irregular connective tissue (4)
Organ capsules
Dermis
Periosteum
Perichondrium
Hyaline cartilage (4)
At the ends of bones
Larynx
Trachea
Fetal skeleton
Fibrocartilage (3)
Cartilage pads in knee
Intervertebral discs
Pubic symphysis
Dense bone
Comprises the bones of the skeleton
Blood (2)
Within blood vessels
Within chambers of the heart
Nervous tissue (1)
Nervous system
Epidermis layers- thick (5)
Stratum corneum (superficial) Stratum lucidum (thick skin only) Stratum granulosum Stratum spinosum Stratum basale (deepest layer)
Extracellular matrix
the material between the cells in connective tissue
Collagen fibers
*very strong and has a fine rope like structure
Elastic fibers
able the stretch and return to their original shape
Reticular fiber
very fine and arranged into branching networks within soft organs in the body