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Connective Tissue Flashcards

1
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It is fixed and transient

A

Cells

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2
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Examples are ground substance and fibers

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Extracellular matrix

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3
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Examples of this are GAG, proteoglycans, glycoproteins

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Ground substance

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4
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Examples of this are Collagen and elastic

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Fibers

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5
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Under fixed cells

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Fibroblasts
Adipose cells
Pericytes
Mast cells
Macrophages

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6
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Under transient cells

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Plasma cells,
lymphocytes,
neutrophils,
eosinophils,
basophils,
monocytes,
macrophages

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7
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The most abundant cell type in the connective tissue, are responsible for the synthesis of almost all of the ECM

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FIBROBLASTS

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8
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Are modified fibroblast that demonstrate characteristics similar to those of both fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells

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MYOFIBROBLAST

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9
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Absence of basal lamina

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MYOFIBROBLAST

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10
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Abundant in areas undergoing wound healing

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MYOFIBROBLAST

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11
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Surround endothelial cells of capillaries and small venules and reside outside the connective tissue compartment, because they possess their own basal lamina

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PERICYTES

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12
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Are fully differentiated cells that function in the synthesis, storage and release of fats

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ADIPOSE CELLS

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13
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Single, large lipid droplet

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White adipose tissue (unilocular fat cells)

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14
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Multiple, small lipid droplets

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Brown adipose tissue (multilocular fat cells)

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15
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Arise from bone marrow stem cells and function in mediating the inflammatory process and immediate hypersensitivity reactions

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MAST CELLS

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16
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Macrophages belong to the mononuclear phagocytic system and
are subdivided into two groups of cells:

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Phagocytes
Antigen-presenting cells APC

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17
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Act both as fixed and transient cell

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MACROPHAGES

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18
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Hydrated, amorphous material that is composed of GAG, proteoglycans and glycoproteins

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Ground substance

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19
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Collagen and Elastic

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Fibers

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20
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Inelastic and possess great tensile strength

21
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Types of collagen:
in connective tissue proper, bone, dentin, cementum

22
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Types of collagen:
hyaline and elastic cartilages

23
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Types of collagen:
reticular fibers

24
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Types of collagen:
lamina densa of the basal lamina

25
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Types of collagen:
placenta; associated with type I collagen

26
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Types of collagen:
attaching the basal lamina to the lamina reticularis

27
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Composed of elastin (responsible for elasticity) and microfibrils (responsible for stability)

28
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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE:
Loose (Areolar) and Dense

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Connective Tissue Proper

29
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Under Dense of Connective Tissue Proper:

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Irregular
Regular (Collagenous and Elastic)
Reticular
Adipose

30
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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE:
Cartilage (Hyaline, Elastic, Fibrocartilage)
Bone

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Specialized Connective Tissue

31
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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE:
Mesenchymal
Mucous

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Embryonic Connective Tissues

32
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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER:

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Loose
Dense
Reticular
Adipose

33
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Composed of loose arrangement of fibers and dispersed cells embedded in a gel-like ground substance

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

34
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Abundant ground substance with fixed connective tissue cells (fibroblast, adipose, macrophages, mast cells)

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

35
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Scattered, loosely woven collagen, reticular and elastic fibers

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

36
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Located in the Spaces of the body just deep to the skin

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

37
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Lies below mesothelial lining of internal cavity

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

38
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Located in the Adventitia of blood vessels

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

39
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Located in the Parenchyma of glands

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LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

40
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Greater abundance of fibers and fewer cells than loose connective tissue

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DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

41
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Mostly coarse collagen fibers interwoven into meshwork

A

Dense Irregular

42
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Fibers are packed so tightly that space is limited for ground substance and cells

A

Dense Irregular

43
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Fibroblasts are the most abundant cells of what connective tissue?

A

Dense Irregular

44
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Located in the dermis of the skin, the sheaths of nerves, and the capsules of spleen, testes, ovary, kidney, lymph nodes

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Dense Irregular

45
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Composed of coarse collagen bundles densely packed and oriented in parallel cylinders

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Dense Regular Collagenous

46
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Located in the tendons, ligaments, aponeurosis

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Dense Regular Collagenous

47
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Coarse branching elastic fibers with only few collagen

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Dense Regular Elastic

48
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Located in the large blood vessels, ligamenta flava of vertebral column and suspensory ligament of the penis

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Dense Regular Elastic

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