Connective Tissue Flashcards
Mesenchyme
Faded Fiber lines
Give rise to all other connective tissue
Found in the embryo
Areolar Connective Tissue
Little Collagen Fibers Cushion Organs Collagen Fibers Elastic Fibers Fibroblast Thoracic and Abdominal Cavity Under Skin
Adipose Tissue
Stores Fat
Found Beneath the skin and around the heart
Reticular Connective Tissue
Looks like a tree branches
Provides support
Found in Liver and Lymphatic Organs
Dense Regular Connective Tissues
Waves
Functions-Attaches muscles to bones
Found in tendons and ligaments
Dense Irregular Connective Tissue
Irregular
- Provides Structural Strength
- Found in the dermis and joint capsules
Hyaline Cartilage
Chondrocyte and matrix
Supports and Reinforces
Found on the tip of the nose and epiphyseal plates
Elastic Cartilage
Black Fiber combined with Hyaline Cartilage
Maintains shape while allowing flexibility
Throat and ear
Fibrocartilage
Cotton Candy
Absorb compressive Shock
Found in Intervertebral Discs and the meniscuc in the knee
Bone
Tree Trunk Lacuna Lamella Central Canal Supports and Protects Found in Bones
Skeletal Muscles
Organized
Voluntary movement
Found in muscles attached to bones
Cardiac muscles
Found in the walls of the heart Function Involuntary Control Intercalated Disk Striations Cardiac muscle cells
Smooth Muscle
Straight lines
Propels Substances
Smooth muscle nuclei
Found in walls of the digestive tract and blood vessel walls