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Connective Tissue Flashcards

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Locations of connective tissue

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In and around organs
Beneath the skin
Tendons 
Ligaments 
Cartilage 
Bone
Fat
Blood
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What 3 components comprise all connective tissue

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Cells
Fibers
Ground substance ( sold semi solid or fluid)

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Loose Adipose connective tissue is

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Fat

Made of cells called adipocytes, Is a Loose connective tissue
Used for shock absorption, stores energy, isolation, various depositories.

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Locations of loose areolar ct

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Around nerves
Around blood vessels 
Around muscles
Around organs
Beneath the skin
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Location for Loose adipose connective tissue

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Surrounding the kidney , pericardial and abdominopelvic cavities

And subcutaneous layer

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Loose Areolar connective tissue

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Most common and least complex and specialized ct.

Has collagen and elastic fibers and abundant distribution of blood vessels

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Dense regular ct

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Unidirectional tensile strength

Densely packed, parallel collagen fibers

Attaches muscle to bone & bone to bone, resists stress applied. In one direction.

Found in tendons and ligaments

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Dense irregular ct

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Multidirectional strength

collagen fibers randomly arranged & clumped together.

Found in the dermis of the skin.
Periosteum covering the bone .
perichondrium covering cartilage. Organ capsules.

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Name 3 fiber types found in connective tissue?

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Collagen fibers
Elastic fibers
Reticular fibers

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What are Collagen fibers?

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  • Found in ct
  • long fibers
  • unbranched extracellular fibers composed of protein collagen
  • strong flexible and resistant to stretching.
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What are elastic fibers?

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  • Contain the protein elastin
  • thinner than collagen
  • stretch branch and rejoin.
  • wavy
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What are reticular fibers?

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  • thinner than collagen fibers
  • protein submits are coated with glycoprotein( protein with carbohydrate attached)
  • branching interwoven framework
  • tough but flexible
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Hyaline cartilage

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Most common
Semi solid
Found in fetal skeleton joints
Found on ala of the nose and larynx

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Where do you find hyaline cartilage

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Ala wings of the nose,

Fetal skeleton, joints, larynx

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Chondrocytes

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Mature cartilage cells are in small spaces called Lacune

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Fibrocartilage found in

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Spinal discs
Knee joints
Punic symphysis

*Parallel collagen fibers in matrix

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Elastic cartilage found in?

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External ear & epiglottis larynx

  • contains abundant elastic fibers
    Weblike mesh around lacunae
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Lacunae

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Space with in extracellular matrix

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Blood

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Type of connective tissue

Consists of fluid matrix
RBC’s & WBC’s and fiber = clot

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Where is blood found

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Fluid of matrix
Rbc’s and wbc’s
Fibers =clots

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3 muscle tissues?

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Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac

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Skeletal muscle tissue also called

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Voluntary

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Smooth muscle tissue also called

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Involuntary = visceral

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Cardiac muscle tissue also called

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Heart

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Three muscle tissue types have 1 capability

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Contractions can not push

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Skeletal muscle is?

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Peripheral multi nuclei 
Prominent strait ions
Long fiber cells
Voluntary
Usually attached to bone

** looks like tire tracks***

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Cardiac muscle is

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Central nuclei 
Prominent fibers
Intercalated discs
Only found in heart
** looks like hardwood floor **
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Where is the cardiac muscle found

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Heart

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Smooth muscle is

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Central nuclei
No strait ions
Short spindle shaped non branching cells 
Found in.
Internal organs

** looks like maggots***

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Skeletal muscle found in

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Attached to bone

30
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Smooth muscle found

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Internal organs

31
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The neuron is what type of tisse

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Nervous tissue

32
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What are 2 neuron types

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Neuron excitable / carries info

Glial cells / non excitable supportive cells

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What capability does excitable have

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Transmit impulse

34
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Osseous ( bone )

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Type of CT

Makes up mass of body structures ( bones)

Solid and provides support

35
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What does the the neuron made of

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Axon / long stick
Cell body / circle
Dendrites trees

36
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Ct functions

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Binding & support 
Energy storage
Shock absorption 
Calcium storage
Wound healing
O2 transport
37
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Ct locations

A

Cells

Protein fibers
(collagenous
-elastic
-reticular)

Ground substance ( matrix ) background material

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