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Connective Tissue Flashcards

1
Q

What are the three fibers in connective tissue?

A

collagen, reticulin, elastin

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2
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Which fiber is the most abundant and the strongest?

A

collagen

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3
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Which fiber gives the ability to stretch and compress?

A

elastin

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4
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Which fiber is small, delicate and branchlike to give shape

A

reticulin

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5
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What are the three types of connective tissue proper?

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LOCT, DRCT, DICT

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6
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What is another name for loose ordinary connective tissue?

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areolar connective tissue

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What is the purpose of LOCT?

A

fill spaces, cushion, feed nutrients to epithelium

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8
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What are some facts of adipose tissue?

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fat within adipocytes; expand or shrink (no division); vascular

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9
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What is the purpose of reticular connective tissue?

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its delicate framework wraps around organs for support

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10
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How vascular is dense connective tissue?

A

poorly vascularized

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11
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What is the structure of DCT?

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few cells with A LOT of collagen fibers and very little ground substance

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12
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Where can we find DRCT?

A

tendons and ligaments

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13
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Where can we find DICT?

A

lower layer of dermis, capsules of organs, joint capsules (to resist tension)

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14
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What are the two types of supportive connective tissue?

A

cartilage and bone

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15
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What are the three types of cartilage?

A

hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic

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16
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Which type of cartilage is the strongest and doesn’t have a perichondrium?

A

fibrocartilage (spinal cord and knee)

17
Q

Which type of cartilage is the most abundant but the weakest?

A

hyaline (nose and ribs)

18
Q

Which type of cartilage is highly flexible and resilient?

A

elastic (external ear and epiglottis)

19
Q

What are the two types of bone?

A

compact (shafts of long bone) and spongy/cancellous (epiphysis)

20
Q

What are the three types of bone cells?

A

osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts

21
Q

Why are bones so hard?

A

lots of collagen and it’s ECM becomes calcified

22
Q

What do the collagen fibrils form?

A

lamellae

23
Q

What links the lacunae together so that there is passage of nutrients?

A

canaliculi

24
Q

What are the functions of connective tissue?

A

support, protection, insulation, transportation

25
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What are the cells in connective tissue called that make the fibers?

A

fibroblasts

26
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What is the extracellular matrix composed of?

A

fibers and ground substance

27
Q

What are the four functions of connective tissue?

A

support, protection, insulation, transport

28
Q

What are the three categories of connective tissue?

A

connective tissue proper, support, fluid

29
Q

What is the function of DRCT?

A

high strength attachment, stabilize position

30
Q

What type of collagen fibers is in hyaline cartilage?

A

type 2 collagen

31
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How do we prepare bone to view under a microscope?

A

decalcified first in an acid solution

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