Connective Tissue ~ Histology Flashcards
Content of connective tisse
Cells and Extracellular Matrix
Characteristics of collagen Fibres
Seen in Bundles
Long, Straight/Wavy arrangement
Collagen Appearance on Naked eye & H&E Stain
White ~ Naked eye
Light pink ~ H&E stain
Collagen on
Masson’s Trichrome~
Van Gieson’s~
Silver impregnation~
Masson’s Trichrome~Blue
Van Gieson’s~Pink
Silver impregnation~Brown
Type 1 Collagen Found in
Bones Ligaments Tendons Fascia Fibrous Cartilage Aponeurosis
Type 2 Collagen found in
Hyaline & Elastic Cartilages
Type 3 Cartilage Also known as ?
And where it found?
Type 3 collagen also called, Reticular Fibres
Seen in Lymphoid Organs. Except, Thymus
Type 4 collagen found in
Lens Capsule,
Basement Membrane
What are argentaphilic fibres?
Has high affinity for silver ~ Stained BLACK
Subtype of collagen fibre type 3
(Reticular Fibres)
Which forms reticulum/Network ~ branch & anastomoses with each other
Elastic Fibres Characteristic
Short, Not wavy,
Not Bundle Arrangement
Usually Thin
Eg; of Thick Elastic Fibres
Ligamentum Flavum
Special Staining For Elastic Fibres
Orcein Stain
Aldehyde Fuschin
Verhoeff’s Stain
Cells in the components of connective tissue
Fibroblast
Pigment cells
Fat cells
Undifferentiated mesenchymal cells
Special Staining For Adipose/ Fat Tissue
Sudan lll
Sudan lV
Multilocular Adipose Tissue is
Brown Adipose Tissue
Fat occurs in the several droplets ~ multilocular arrangement
Central spherical Nucleus
Found in new borns
