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Connective Tissue (Components and Purpose) Flashcards

1
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What are the purposes of connective tissue?

A

Binds and strengthens other body tissues, acts as a transport system, stores energy reserves

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Where is connective tissue not found?

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Body surfaces (if you can see your connective tissue it’s a bad thing)

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Are connective tissues generally highly vascular?

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Yes (with few exceptions)

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Which connective tissues are not highly vascular?

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Cartilage (avascular) and tendons (little blood supply)

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5
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Is connective tissue supplied by nerves?

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Yes (with one exception)

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6
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Which connective tissue is not supplied by nerves?

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Cartilage

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What are the components of connective tissue?

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Cells and an Extracellular Matrix

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What are the components of the Extracellular Matrix?

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Ground Substance and Protein Fibers

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Which component of connective tissue primarily dictates its qualities?

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The Extracellular Matrix (Cartilage: ECM is firm and Rubbery

Bone: ECM is hard and inflexible)

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What are the components of Ground substance?

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Water, Proteins and Polysaccharides (Sugars)

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What are the sugars in the Ground Substance?

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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGS)

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12
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Glycosaminoglycans join with core proteins to form what?

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Proteoglycans

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13
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What is another word for Glycosaminoglycans?

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Mucopolysaccharides

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Glycosaminoglycans are ___ ___ polysaccharides, chains of ___ units of ___

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Long unbranched polysaccharides, chains of repeating units of sugars

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15
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What are 4 different sulphated Glycosaminoglycans?

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Dermatan Sulphate, Heparin Sulphate, Keratan Sulphate and Chondroitin Sulphate

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What is a non-sulphated glycosaminoglycan?

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Hyaluronic acid

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17
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Can Dermatan Sulphate, Heparin Sulphate, Keratan Sulphate and Chondroitin Sulphate bind with core proteins to form proteoglycans?

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Yes

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18
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Can Hyaluronic acid bind to core proteins to form proteoglycans?

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No

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19
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Glycosaminoglycans are highly polar and so attract ___ towards them

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Water

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20
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The proteoglycan and hyaluronic acid complex becomes very ___ due to the glycosaminoglycans attracting ___ towards it

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Hydrated, Water

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Because the hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan complex becomes so hydrated, it becomes ___

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Slippery

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What does the slipperiness of the proteoglycan and hyaluronic acid complex allow it to do?

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Form many lubricating substances around the body and allow cells to move past within the extracellular matrix

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What does hyaluronic acid do?

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Binds cells together and lubricates joints

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24
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What enzyme “eats up” hyaluronic acid?

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Hyaluronidase

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25
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What does hyaluronidase do to the ground substance?

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Makes it more liquid and easier for things to pass through it

26
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What things make hyaluronidase?

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White blood cells, sperm and some bacteria

27
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Where are fibroblasts found?

A

Widely distributed through connective tissues

28
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Can fibroblasts move?

A

Yes they are migratory

29
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What is the purpose of fibroblasts?

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They secrete components of the ECM (fibres and ground substance)

30
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What are adipocytes?

31
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Where are adipocytes found?

A

Under the skin and around organs

32
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What do adipocytes store?

A

Fat (triglycerides)

33
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What is another word for a macrophage?

A

Histiocyte

34
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Macrophages are phagocytic. What does this mean?

A

The cell envelops and eat things (Bacteria, debris, damaged tissue, etc.)

35
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In terms of movement, macrophages can be both ___ or ___

A

Fixed or wandering

36
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Macrophages fixed within the lungs are called ___

A

Dust cells

37
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Macrophages fixed within the liver are called ___

A

Kupffer cells

38
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Macrophages fixed within the skin are called ___

A

Langerhan’s cells

39
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Where do wandering macrophages wander to?

A

Sites of infection, inflammation or injury

40
Q

Plasma cells are produced by ___

A

B-lymphocytes

41
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What do plasma cells produce?

A

Antibodies

42
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Where can plasma cells be found?

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Many connective tissue sites, but especially in the gut, lungs, salivary glands, lymph nodes, spleen and red bone marrow

43
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What do mast cells produce?

44
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What does histamine do?

A

Dilates blood vessels

45
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Where are mast cells found?

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Alongside blood vessels

46
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What are leucocytes?

A

White blood cells (eg. neutrophils, eosinophils)

47
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Where do leucocytes move from and to?

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From blood vessels, through capillary walls into areas of inflammation, infection or injury

48
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What are three types of protein fibres found in connective tissue?

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Collagen, reticular and elastic fibres

49
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Is collagen weak or strong?

50
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Is collagen flexible or rigid?

A

Flexible to resist pulling forces

51
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Where is collagen found?

A

Bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments

52
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What makes collagen?

A

Fibroblasts

53
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What shape do collagen fibres take?

A

Parallel bundles

54
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Reticular fibres are ___ fibres coated with ___

A

Collagen fibres coated with glycoproteins

55
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What shape do reticular fibres take?

A

Thin and fine branching bundles

56
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Where can reticular fibres be found?

A

In networks in vessels and through tissues such as adipose tissue, nerve fibres and smooth muscle tissues

57
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Reticular fibres form a part of the ___ membrane

A

Basement membrane

58
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Are elastic fibres are thicker or thinner than collagen?

59
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What shape do elastic fibres take?

A

A fibrous network

60
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What are elastic fibres made of?

A

Elastin surrounded by fibrillin

61
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Where are elastic fibres found?

A

Skin, blood vessels and lungs (anything that needs to stretch and morph)

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