Connective Tissue Flashcards
What are the components of connective tissue?
-Mesenchymal Derived cells -Immune cells -ECM =Fibers =Ground substance
What is skin connective tissue derived from?
Fibroblasts
What is the ground substance?
A lubricant that helps glue cells to fibers, and fibers to fibers
What is boneconnective tissue derived from?
osteocytes
What is cartilage connective tissue derived from?
Chondrocytes
What type of tissue do cells producing ECM differentiate from?
Mesencyme
What type of intermediate fiber is expressed in mesenchymal cells?
Vimentin
What do cells that are derived from hematopoietic stem cells do?
-Antigen presentation -Immune system
What makes up the ECM?
-Fibers -Ground substance
What are the three types of fibers?
-Collagen -Reticular -Elastic
What are reticular fibers basically made of?
Collagen
What is the main strength and structural component of the ECM?
Collagen protein
What type of collagen is found in skin, bone, and tendon?
Type I
What type of collagen is found in Cartilage and vitreous in the eye?
Type II
What type of collagen is found in skin, muscle, and bone?
Type III
What type of collagen forms the basement membrane?
Type IV
What type of collagen anchors the basement membrane to underlying stroma?
Type VII
What protein has a repetetive G-Pro-Lyse sequence?
Collagen
Why are the residues of collagen hydroxylated during synthesis?
Allows formation of the triple helix
What prevents the full intracellular assembly of collagen fibrils?
Non-helical terminal peptides
What enzyme catalyzes hydroxylation of specific prolyl and lysyl residues of preprocollagen?
Prolyl/Lysyl Hydroxylase
What cofactor is Prolyl/lysyl Hydroxylase dependent on?
Vitamin C