Connective Tissue Flashcards
What are the main types of connective tissue?
Proper, blood, bone, and cartilage.
What are the types of proper connective tissue?
Loose and dense.
What are the types of loose proper tissue?
Adipose, areolar, and reticular.
What is areolar tissue?
Under the epidermis and provides support.
What are the basics of adipose tissue?
Insulating tissue in the whole of the body that provides energy storage and gives the body shape.
What are the basics of reticular tissue?
Supportive tissue in lymphatic system organs.
What are the types of dense proper tissue?
Regular, irregular, and elastic.
What are the basics of regular dense tissue?
Parallel tissue made for strength in tendons and ligaments.
What are the basics of irregular dense tissue?
Tissue that provides protection in the dermis of the skin, sheath nerves and blood vessels, and capsule around organs.
What are the basics of elastic dense tissue?
Elastic tissue in vertebrae, vocal cords, and arteries.
What are the basics of cartilage?
Create smooth movement and surface between joints.
What are the types of bone tissue?
Osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes.
What are osteoblasts?
Bone cells that control growth and reshaping.
What are osteoclasts?
Bone cells that break down and absorb.
What are osteocytes?
Bone cells that form bone tissue.
What does blood do?
Transport nutrients and regulate body temp.
