Connective Tissue and ECM Flashcards
Connective tissue consists of cells embedded in an
extracellular matrix
Connective tissue is composed of
fibers, amorphous ground substance, and tissue fluid
Connective tissue is classified based on
type of cells, type and arrangement of fibers, character of ground substance
Functions of Connective Tissue (4)
1)Structural support 2) exchange medium between blood and tissues 3)defense and protection 4)fat storage
Most connective originates from what germ layer?
Mesoderm
Fibroblasts
CT cell, secretes proteoglycans , glycoproteins, different collagen types (especially Type I) and elastin
Fibroblast arise from what type of cells
mesenchymal cells
Shape of fibroblasts
Spindle shaped
Fibrocytes
When fibroblasts are quiescent (smaller and more slender)
When actively making ECM components, fibroblasts have well developed…
rER and Golgi
Adipocytes arise from what type of cell
Mesenchymal cells
Adipocytes are surrounded by
basal lamina
What forms can adipocytes be found in
unilocular (white) and multilocular (brown)
Unilocular cells with a single large fat droplet have
receptors for insulin, growth hormone, norepinephrine, and glucocorticoids
Two uses for adipocytes include
fat storage (white) or heat generation (brown)
Macrophages originate from ______ _______ as ______
bone marrow ; monocytes
3 different phenotypes of macrophages in the body and where they are located
Kuppfer cells in liver; osteoclasts in bone; microglia in CNS
Function of macrophage
phagocytic but also regulator of immune system
Mast cells contain Fc receptors for
IgE
Important mediator of allergic hypersensitivity reactions (asthma, hay fever, eczema)
Mast cells
Mast cells arise from what cells
Mast cells arise from myeloid stem cell during hematopoiesis
Mast cells release mediators that are
vasoactive or increase inflammatory response
Some mediators released by mast cells
leukotriene C, heparin, histamine, eosinophil chemotactic factor (ECF), aryl sulfatase, neutral protease and neutrophil chemotactic factor
Mast cells contain _____________ staining granules
metachromatic
Mast cells mediate why type of hypersensitivity reactions
Type I hypersensitivity reactions
Antibody producing cells that arise from activated B lymphocytes (ovoid with eccentrically placed nucleus with spoke-wheel arranged heterochromatin)
Plasma cells
Lymphocytes arise from what type of cells in bone marrow
Lymphoid stem cells
Where do T cells differentiate
Thymus
B cells function in ________ immune response
humoral
T cell function in ____________ immunity
cell-mediated