connective tissue proper

Question 1

function of lose connective tissue

Answer 1

anchoring and packing material of body, embedding material for many structures like blood vessels and many organs too, structural framework to most organs , binds other tissues and organs together

Question 2

example of lose connective tissue

Answer 2

subcutaneous, omentum and mesentery

Question 3

components of lose connective tissue

Answer 3

fiber, ground substance, cells

Question 4

commonest cells in lose connective tissue

Answer 4

fibroblast and macrophages

Question 5

why lose connective tiss is called as loose areolar connective tiss?

Answer 5

the ground substance is dissolved by xylol and alcohol so when stained the ground substance is shown as empty oval areas called areolar

Question 6

how dense irregular connective tissue is seen? or from what is made up of?

Answer 6

it is in the form of shees, make mainly from collagen fibers interwoven to make a meshwork and also has elastic fibers

Question 7

where is dense irregular connec tiss found?

Answer 7

deep fascia and capsule of organs such as kidney, liver, thyroid and prostate gland, tested etc, perichondrium of cartilage and periosteum of bone

Question 8

what are the 2 types of dense regular connective tissues?

Answer 8

dense regular collagenous tissues

dense regular elastic tissues

Question 9

dense regular collagenous connective tissue is made up of and describe structure?

Answer 9

closely packed collagenous fibers run parallel and contains fibroblast and some ground substance

Question 10

what does tendon look like and what is its job

Answer 10

tendons are cord like and join bone to muscle

Question 11

what does ligaments look like and what is its job?

Answer 11

ligaments are band like and join bone to bone

Question 12

what colour does tendon and ligament and why on naked eye?

Answer 12

they are white in colour cause they are only composed of collagen fibers

Question 13

how are fibroblast seen in longitudnal sec

Answer 13

elongated and aligned in rows b/w the bundles

Question 14

how are fibroblast seen in cross sectional?

Answer 14

star shaped with extensions

Question 15

the covering of lose connective tissue on the fascicle is called?

Answer 15

endotendineum

Question 16

the covering of the tendon is called?

Answer 16

ectotendineum

Question 17

what are aponeuroses

Answer 17

flat, broad flattened tendons that connect sheet like muscles to bones

Question 18

what are dense regular elastic loose connective tissue composed of?

Answer 18

bundles of thick elastic fibers also contains collagenous fibers and fibroblast

Question 19

where regular elastic loose connective tissue present in?

Answer 19

vocal cords, ligamenta flava of vertebral column, suspensory ligament of penis

Question 20

what does reticular connective tissue made up of?

Answer 20

reticular fiber and reticular cells

Question 21

the reticular fiber is derived from what collagenous type?

Answer 21

type III

Question 22

explain the appearance of reticular cells

Answer 22

stellate shaped, have long process that extend around the reticular fibers and also connect and communicate with other cells.

Question 23

this speacial arrangement of reticular cells make up with structure?

Answer 23

trabeculae structure

Question 24

trabecular structure act as a framework for what organs

Answer 24

lymphoid organs hemopoietic (bone marrow, lymph nodes)

Question 25

the spaces b/w the trabeculae contains?

Answer 25

lymphocytes and precursors of blood cell

Question 26

white adipose tissue is found in subcutaneous layers called as/

Answer 26

panniculus adiposus

Question 27

where is white adipose tissue found?

Answer 27

subcutaneous layers of axillae, buttocks and thigs

Question 28

fat is stored in both sexes in?

Answer 28

omentum, mesentery and retroperitoneal space around kidneys

Question 29

white adipose tissue stores fat as?

Answer 29

triglycerides

Question 30

brown adipose tissues seem brown to naked eye because?

Answer 30

they are highly vascular and contains mitochondria

Question 31

at what age brown adipose tissue is abundant in human body?

Answer 31

in new borns

Question 32

in adults where brown adipose tissue is found?

Answer 32

mediastinum, posterior triangle of the neck, abdominal aorta and kidneys

Question 33

how heat is produced by brown adipose fat?

Answer 33

non shivering thermogenesis