Connective Tissue Terms List 2

Question 1

Areolar, loose ctp

Location, function

Answer 1

Location: within and deep to skin, under epithelial lining of digestive, respiratory, urinary tracts; between muscles, around joints, blood vessels, nerves

Function: cushions organs, provide support but permits independent movement 

Question 2

Adipose tissue, loose

Location, function

Answer 2

Location: deep to skin especially at sides, buttock, breasts, padding around eyes and kidneys

Function: provides padding and cushions shock, insulates heat, stores energy

Question 3

Dense regular connective tissue

Location, function

Answer 3

Location: between skeletal muscles and skeleton, between bones or stabilizing positions of internal organs, covering skeletal muscles

Function: provides firm attachment, conducts pull of muscles, reduces friction between muscles, stabilizes positions of bones

Question 4

Dense irregular Connective tissue

Location, function

Answer 4

Location: capsules of visceral organs, periostea and perichondrium, nerve and muscle sheaths, dermis

functions: provide strength to resist forces from many directions, helps prevent over expansion of organs such as the urinary bladder

Question 5

Hyaline cartilage

Location, function

Answer 5

Location: between tips of ribs and bones of sternum, covering bone surfaces at synovial joints, supporting larynx, trachea, and bronchi, forming part of nasal septum

Function: provide Steph but somewhat flexible support reduces friction between bony surfaces

Question 6

 fibrocartilage

Location, function

Answer 6

Location: pads with a knee joint, between pubic bones and pelvis, intervertebral discs

Functions resist compression prevent bone to bone contact limits movement

Question 7

Elastic cartilage

Location, function

Answer 7

Location: auricle Of external ear, epiglottis, auditory canal, cuneiform cartilages of larynx

function: provide support, but tolerates distortion without damaging returns to original shape