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Connective Tissue Flashcards

1
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What is ligament? Its properties?

A

Connect bone to bone

Composed of densely packed parallel collagen fibers

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2
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What is tendons? What is its property that differ from ligament?

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Connect muscle to bone

Fiber more parallel than ligament

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3
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What connective tissue filled w/ synovoid fluid? What is it purpose?

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Bursae

To reduce friction w bone, ligaments or tendons or subcutaneous (btw bone and skin)

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4
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What is aponeurosis?

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Layered sheet like function as flattened tendon.

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5
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What cells cartilage contain? Does cartilage has blood supply and regenerate?

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Chondrocytes

No

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6
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What types are there for cartilage?

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Hyline
Fibrocartilage
Elastic cartilage

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7
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What is hyline cartilage function?

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Cover articular surfaces of every bone to decrea fiction

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8
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Where are hyaline cartilage found?

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At end of long bones, anterior ends of ribs, ring of trachea

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9
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What is the precursor to bone? Why?

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Hyline cartilage. Because it ossifies but not everywhere

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10
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What cartilage acts as a shock absorber?

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Fibrocartilage

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11
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Where are fibrocartilage founded? What are its properties?

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Knee joint menisci
Invertebrae disks

It has small amount of blood supply
Firm collagen fibers

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12
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Where are Elastic cartilage founded? Is it collagen?

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Outer Ear and distal nose
Larynx
Ligamentum flavum
No

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13
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What cells bone contain?

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Osteocytes (no ground substance,all solidified)

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14
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How many bones skeletal have it?

A

206

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15
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What part of the bone is resilience?

What part of the bone is hard?

A

Matrix (collagen)

Mineral

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16
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What connective tissue encasing bone? What does it carry? What cells does it contain for repair?

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Periosteum
Blood vessels, lymphatic and nerve fibers
Osteogenic Cells

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17
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What components bones have?

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Cortex

Spongy/cancellous

18
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What is the outer shell of bone called? Its properties? What arteries supply it?

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Hard/dense
Supported and surrouded by periosteum
Periosteal arteries

19
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What is the inner part of bone? What does it contain? What blood arteries supply it?

A

Spongy/cancellous
Bone marrow
Nutrient arteries

20
Q

What are five functios o bone?

A

Protection
Support: vertebrae/framework

Mechanical:basis for movement providing attachment for muscle and levers for bones

Blood cell formation: in red bone marrow in the end of long bones
(Sternum/ribs, vertebrae/skull)
Mineral storage

21
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What are two bones classification system?

A

Shape

Axial/appendicular

22
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Example of long bone? Short? Flat? Irregular? Sesamoid

A 
Finger, humerus
Metacarples
Parietal skull
Vertebrae
Knee cap (patella)
23
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What are axial bones?

A

Sternum&ribs
Skull
Vertebral column

24
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What do appendicular bones include?

A

Everything else

  • pelvic girdle
  • pectoral girdle
  • upper/lower limbs
25
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What does connective tissue consist of?

A

Cells are similar in different connective tissue in matrix of ground substances & fibers

26
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What ground substance in proper connective tissue? In cartilage?

A

Thin gel
Firm gel
Impregnated with inorganic salts in bone

27
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What are fibers in connective tissue?

A

Collagen

Elastin

28
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Properties of collagen?

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Tough and resistant to force, fibers are parallel in fiber

29
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Properties of elastin?

A

Strong and can be stretched, fiber branch

30
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What are two types of connective tissue?

A

Proper: fascia, ligament, tendons
Specialized: cartilage and bone

31
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Properties of proper connective tissue?

A

Tough but compliant

32
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Properties of specialized connective tissue?

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Solid
Resist pull (tension) and pressure (compression)
33
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What are two types of proper connective tissue?

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Loose

Dense or fibrous

34
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Does proper connective tissue support? What is it called when it contains lots of fat?

A

No

Adipose tissue

35
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What is superficial fascia?

A

Layer immediately under skin where fat stored

36
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What dominate in dense/fibrous proper connective tissue? What does it include?

A

Fibers

Deep fascia/ ligament/ tendons

37
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What is fascia? Functions?

A

Sheets that envelop body parts

  • Stores water and fat.
  • protection against blow
  • pathway for nerves and blood to enter and exit muscles
38
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What does deep fascia blend with?what is medial and lateral fascia called?

A

Periosteum to connect to bone

Septa

39
Q

What is internal fascia function?

A

Connect pleura(thorax) and peritoneum (abdomen) to body wall

40
Q

What differentiates the tissues?

A

The matrix of ground substance and fibers

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