Connective Tissue

Question 1

precursor stem cells

Answer 1

undifferentiated mesenchyme, hematopoietic

Question 2

what, generally, is connective tissue

Answer 2

chicken noodle soup. cells, fibers, amorphous ground substance

Question 3

3 types of connective tissue

Answer 3

1. loose ct
2. dense ct
3. Special ct

Question 4

2 types of special ct

Answer 4

1. adipose (unilocular and multilocular)

2. reticular

Question 5

2 types of regularly arranged dense ct

Answer 5

collagenous tendons and ligaments

elastic ligaments

Question 6

reticular ct

Answer 6

type 3 collagen
delicate fibers, NOT bundles
support and bind cells, lots of space between fibers
integral part of basement membrane

Question 7

type I collagen

Answer 7

ligaments, tendons
regular or irregularly arranged bundles and layers
dense ct
high tensile strength, do not stretch, hard to break

Question 8

type 3 collagen

Answer 8

reticular ct

Question 9

type 4 collagen

Answer 9

basal laminae
does not assemble into fibrils
supportive, open network, 2d scaffold

Question 10

mast cell

Answer 10

resident ct. granules; histamine, heparin, proteases

loose ct, by blood vessels

Question 11

macrophages

Answer 11

look chunky or brothy, bubbly (cytoplasmic vacuoles)
resident OR immigrant; follow chemotactic stimuli
phagocytic; contain lots lysosomes and phagosomes

Question 12

eosinophils

Answer 12

immigrants; circulate in blood less in tissue
large granules in cytoplasm
effective neurotoxic proteins against PARASITES

Question 13

plasma cells

Answer 13

immigrant; from B lymphocytes
numerous in lymph tissue, inflammation
have clock face
produce antibodies (tag for opsonization)

Question 14

resident cells

Answer 14

mast cells

Question 15

immigrant cells

Answer 15

eosinophils and plasma cells

Question 16

both resident and immigrant cells

Answer 16

macrophages