Connective Tissue Types/Location Flashcards
areolar connective tissue
In and around nearly every body structure (thus, called “packing material” of the body): in subcutaneous tissue deep to the skin; papillary (superficial) dermis of skin; lamina propria of mucous membranes; around blood vessels, nerves, and body organs.
adipose tissue
Wherever areolar connective tissue is located: subcutaneous tissue deep to the skin, around the heart and kidneys, yellow bone marrow, padding around joints, and behind the eyeball in the eye socket.
reticular connective tissue
Stroma (supporting framework) of liver, spleen, lymph nodes; red bone marrow; reticular lamina of the basement membrane; around blood vessels and muscles.
Dense regular connective tissue
Forms tendons (attach muscle to bone), most ligaments (attach bone to bone),
and aponeuroses (sheetlike tendons that attach muscle to muscle or muscle to
bone).
Dense irregular connective tissue
Often occurs in sheets, such as fasciae (tissue beneath the skin and around muscles and other organs), reticular (deeper) dermis of the skin, fibrous pericardium of heart, periosteum of bone, perichondrium of cartilage, articular capsules, membrane capsules around various organs (kidneys, liver, testes, lymph nodes); also in heart valves.
elastic connective tissue
Walls of elastic arteries and trachea, bronchial tubes within the lungs, true vocal cords, suspensory ligaments of the penis, some ligaments between vertebrae
hyaline cartilage
The most abundant cartilage in the body; is at the ends of long bones, anterior ends of ribs, nose, parts of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchial tubes, and embryonic and fetal skeleton.
Fibrous cartilage
Pubic symphysis (where hip bones join anteriorly), intervertebral discs, menisci (cartilage pads) of the knee, portions of tendons that insert into cartilage
elastic cartilage
The lid on top of the larynx (epiglottis), part of the external ear (auricle), auditory tubes
