Connective Tissue Flashcards

1
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Adipose

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Large vacuole in the center to store triglycerides, looks like honey comb

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2
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Loose reticular

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Makes up frame work of non-hollow organs (spleen,liver) lymph, clean fluid

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3
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Dense irregular

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Packed with fibers, run in all directions, wraps bone & cartilage

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4
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Dense regular

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Very packed, all same direction, only strong in one direction (tendon&ligaments)

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5
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Dense elastic

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Some give due to elastic fibers, respiratory pathways, blood vessels

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6
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Loose Areolar

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Lots of space for blood vessels, very vascular, spaces in matrix can be used to take in extra fluids

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7
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Cartilage

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Matrix is firm, avascular, no room for nerves

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8
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Hyaline cartilage

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Toughest cartilage, wear & tear cartilage, connects ribs, nose-trachea

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9
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Fibrocartilage

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Compression forces like a spring, forms disc of knee, intervertebral disc

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10
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Elastic cartilage

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Because of elastic fibers it is able to return to its original shape after extreme bonding

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11
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Lamella

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Ring of cells

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12
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Osteocyte

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Bone cell

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13
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Lacunae

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Little lake they live in

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14
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Canalicali

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Tiny canals that carry nutrients from one lacunae to another

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15
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Haversian canal

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Carries BV’s and nerves to the group of Lamella belonging to that group

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16
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Volkmann’s

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These canals travel at right angles connecting osteons

17
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Cells

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All originate from bone marrow