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What is connective tissue

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Comprises a diverse group of cells within a tissue-specific extracellular matrix

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What are the functions of the connective tissue

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Providing support and connections
Defense (site of inflammatory and immune reactions, physical barrier)
Nutrition (reservoir for water and electrolytes, stores energy in form of triglycerides (adipocytes), support blood vessels, passageway for nutrients and gases)

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Energy is stored in the connective tissue in the form of

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Triglycerides (adipocytes)

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What is the structure of loose/areolar CT?
What is the purpose of loose/areolar CT?

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Loosely arranged cell/ ground substances/ fibers

Supports epithelial tissue, surrounds blood vessels, fills spaces between muscles
Diffusion of oxygen/carbon dioxide and nutrients/wastes
Inflammatory and immune reactions
Provides structural support

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In what form of connective tissue is diffusion of oxygen/co2 and nutrients/waste happening?

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Loose/ areolar CT

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What are the ground substances of connective tissue?

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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
Proteoglycans
Structural glycoproteins (laminin, Fn)
Water

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What are the fibers that make up the connective tissue

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Collagen fiber system(collagen & reticular fibers)
Elastic fiber system

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Dense CT fibers structure

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Prominent fibers, little ground substance

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What is the purpose of the dense regular CT?
Where is the dense CT located?

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Transmit force of muscle contraction
Attach muscles to bones
Protection

Tendons, ligaments, cornea

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What is the purpose of the dense irregular CT?
Where is it located?

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Provide tensile strength
Protection

Skin, GI tract

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What are the resident cells in the CT?

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Fibroblast
Macrophages
Adipocytes
Mast cell
Adult stem cells

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What are the wandering cells in the CT?

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Lymphocytes
Plasma cells
Neutrophils
Eosinphils
Basophils
Monocytes

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What is the most abundant type of fibers in connective tissue?

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Collagen fibers

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How would you describe collagen fibers?
Are they flexible? What is their level of strength?

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Wavy structures with variable width
Flexible
High tensile strength

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What is the hydroxylation of collagen dependent on?

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Vitamin C

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Collagen polypeptides are initially synthesized in the ______ and then send to the _______ for multimeter assembly, which results in ______

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Rough ER, Golgi, pro collagen

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Procollagen is processed into ________ which can be used for ________ or the _______

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Tropocollagen
Collagen fiber, collagen network

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What is deficient in those affected by Scurvy?
What are the characteristics of this disease?

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Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Bone disease in growing children and hemorrhages and healing defects in both children and adults

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Vitamin C is a required cofactor for the addition of _____ groups to the ____ and ___ residues

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Hydroxyl, proline, lysine

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How does scurvy present in the oral cavity?

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Symmetrical lesions without infection

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What type of collagen make up reticular fibers?
Do these form a bundle or network

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Type III
Network

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How do we stain reticular fibers? Why

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Silver salts because of the high content of sugar

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Where are reticular fibers found?
What produces these fibers?

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Support hematopoietic and lymphoid organs (except thymus)
Reticular fibers

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What does type I collagen form?
Where is it found?
What purpose does it serve?

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Fibers
Dermis, tendon, bone, fibrocartilage
Resistance to tension

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What does type II collagen form? Where is it found? What is its purpose ?
Fibers Hyaline cartilage, Intervertebral disc Resistance to pressure
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What does type II collagen form? Where is it found? What is its purpose ?
Fibers Hyaline cartilage Intervertebral disc
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What does type III collagen form? Where is it found? What is its purpose?
Fibers Reticular connective tissue Maintenance of expansible organs
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What does type IV collagen form? Where is it found? What is its purpose?
Networks Basal lamina Supports delicate structures and filtration
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In relation to other collagen fibers, elastic fibers are ____ (thicker/thinner)
Thinner
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What is the purpose of elastic fibers?
Responsible for elasticity, resilience, and shape control Allow tissues to respond to stretch and distension
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What is the structure of an elastic fiber?
Core protein = elastin Two unique AA = desmosine & isodesmosine which covalently link elastin monomers together
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What is the cause of osteogenesis imperfecta? What are the symptoms ?
Defective synthesis of collagen (normally type I) Brittle bones, blue sclera
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What are the clinical features of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes? What is defective?
Fragile, hyperextensible skin vulnerable to trauma Hyper mobile joints Poor wound healing Defects in collagen synthesis or assembly
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What defect causes Marfan syndrome? What are the clinical features?
FBN1 gene (encodes fibrin) = lack of resistance in tissues rich in elastic fibers Tall stature, long fingers, bilateral subluxation of lens, mitral valve prolapse (**heart problems)
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What is ground substance? What is the purpose
Colorless, hydrated Fills space between cells and fibers
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What are the functions of ground substance?
Lubricant (high viscosity) Allows diffusion of water soluble molecules Anchors cells through cell-ECM adhesion path for cell migration binds/retains growth factors via cell adhesion molecules information is transmitted across the PM
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What types of macromolecules make up ground substance?
Glycosaminogylcans (GAG) Proteoglycans Glycoproteins
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What are examples of GAG in the ground substance?
Dermatan sulfate Keratin sulfate Hyaluronic acid
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What purpose does dermatan sulfate serve?
Meditation of wound repair, fibrosis
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What purpose does keratan sulfate serve?
Related to cell motility, axonal guidance and embryo implantation
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What purpose does hyaluronic acid serve?
Very important in development because it is a major component of mucous connective tissue which is found in the umbilical cord Major component of cartilage (resists compression, promotes flexibility, shock absorber) important for immobilizing growth factors insulator, prevents diffusion
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What are some examples of Proteoglycans in the ground substance?
Aggrecan, syndecan
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What is the purpose of aggrecan?
Related to hydration of the ECM
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What is the purpose of syndecan?
facilitated interaction between the proteins of the ECM and the actin cytoskeleton
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What are some examples of glycoproteins in the ground substance/
Integrity, fibronectin, laminin
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What is the purpose of integrin?
Binds cells to ECM
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What is the purpose of fibronectin?
Binds many ECM components, attach to integrins
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What is the purpose of laminin?
Mediating attachment to the basement membrane
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Glycosaminoglycans appear in the ground substance as ___
Unbranched polysaccharide chains
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Proteoglycans appear in the ground substance as ___
Large macromolecules with protein core
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How is HA present in the ground substance? What other ground substance element does it binds to and what do they form?
Free carbohydrate chain; not covalently bound to protein Proteoglycans, forms giant aggregates
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Mutliadhesive glycoproteins facilitate attachment between ________________
Cell to CT element CT element to CT element
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What are hyaluronidases? What are their functions? What can release these?
Enzymes that degrade hyaluronic acid (lowers the viscosity of the CT - increases tissue permeability) bacteria will release in order to infiltrate cell
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What are the outcomes of degradation of HA by hyaluronidases?
Lowers the viscosity of CT and therefore increases tissue permeability
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What is the most common cell type
Fibroblasts
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What is the structure of fibroblasts?
Spindle shaped cells with elliptic nucleus, thin cytoplasm
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How often do fibroblasts divide? When would they do this?
Rarely In response to injury and inflammation (Myofibroblasts)
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What are macrophages and what are their purpose?
Phagocytic cells that contain lysosomes and residual bodies Initiate immune response Secrete hydrolytic enzymes
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How do macrophages initiate an immune response?
Releases cytokines Present antigens to lymphocytes
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What is the structure of Mast cells? Where do they arise from? What do they express on their surface?
Oval to round cells with microvilli, nucleus central Multipotent hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow IgE
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What are the functions of adipose tissue?
Main energy stores (depot for triglycerides) -Insulates body against heat loss Fills space between tissues -Provides cushions (shock absorption) : soles of feet, around kidney, in the orbit around eye paracrine and endocrine substances -secretes leptin (regulate food intake and energy consumption)
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Where would you find adipose tissue In the body?
Soles of feet, around kidney, in the orbit around the eye
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What type of stem cells to adipocytes originate from? What are the two types?
Mesechymal stem cells Unilocular/white & multiocular/brown
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What are the purpose of white adipocytes? What do they look like?
Metabolic energy storage, insulation, cushioning, hormone production Flattened nucleus on periphery, one large lipid droplet surrounded by a ring of cytoplasm
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What are the purposes of brown adipocytes? What do they look like? When are these present?
Heat protection/thermogenesis Multiple lipid droplets, eccentric nucleus & numerous mitochondria Fetal life and first decade after birth
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What are the ‘wandering cells’ in the CT
Eosinophils, basophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils
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What are plasma cells derived from? What do they look like? What is their purpose
Lymphocyte derived Oval cell, eccentric “wheel/clockface” nucleus ; little cytoplasm “golgi ghost”=light staining area next to nucleus Antibody producing cells
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How do leukocytes (WBC) get into connective tissue? When does this process increase?
Diapedesis : WBC leaves blood by migrating between epithelial lining of capillaries to enter CT During inflammation
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How do leukocytes (WBC) get into connective tissue? When does this process increase?
Diapedesis : WBC leaves blood by migrating between epithelial lining of capillaries to enter CT During inflammation
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where is embryonic CT? when does it disappear?
umbilical cord, after birth
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the lamina propia is made of which type of connective tissue?
loose CT
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how can you differentiate loose CT from dense?
loose has more cells, more ground substance, and fewer fibers
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in h& e staining, loose connective tissue stains _____ than other CT because
Less (lighter appearance) less fibers = less red
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where are elastic fibers synthesized by fibroblasts? chondroblasts ? smooth muscle?
skin and tendons in elastic cartilage large blood vessels
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why are elastic fibers present in the aorta?
blood pressure changes drastically, allows it to stretch and recover easily
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giant aggregates of proteoglycans and HA are hydro______
philic
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what are matrix metalloproteinases? (MMPs) what releases them?
tissue remodeling/ depredations of ECM cancer cells! tumor invasion, metastasis, tumor angiogenesis require participation of MMPs (expression increases in association with tumorigenesis)
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what do monocytes differentiate into? Where are the monocytes found?
macrophages bone marrow—->blood (differentiate in tissues)
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how do mast cells appear? what can they contain?
lots of secretory granules! secrete heparin,histamine, vasoactive mediators, chemotactic factors
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Asthma/allergies are related to which cells?
mast cells (secrete histamine)

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