Connective Tissue - Slides Flashcards
Collagen Fibers
-See light/dark banding pattern
What is on the left? What is on the right?
What are the dark dots on the left?
On the left is dense irregular ct, on the right is loose irregular ct
The dark dots are nuclei of fibroblasts
Notice the collagen fibers are oriented in many directions -allows the body to deal with stress in many directions.
The space between is ground substance.
Tendon
Reticular Fibers.
What are the top arrows pointing to? the bottom ones?
Two top arrows point to elastic fibers, two bottom ones point to collagen fibers
What do the arrows point to? What are the cells on the left?
Top wrrow to elastic fiber in irregular CT
Bottom arrow to elast fiber in dense regular CT
Cells are adipocytes
What are these two cells? What is the difference
They are both fibroblasts. Bottom are active top is dormant
WHat kind fo cell is this
Unilocular Adipocytes
Multilocular Adipocytes
Multilocular Adipocytes
Unilocular Adipocytes
Histiocyte/Macrophage. Usually dormant like on top.
Plasma Cell
“cartwheel nucleus”
Mast Cells
Reticular Fiber in lymph
Dense Irregular CT
