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Functions on connective tissue

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Bonds body tissues together
Supports body
Protects

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characteristics of connective tissue

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Found everywhere in body

Includes most abundant and widely distributed tissues

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Variations in blood supply

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Some are well vascularized

Some have poor blood supply or are avascular

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Define Extracellular matrix

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Nonliving material that surrounds living cells

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Define Ground substance

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Mostly water along with adhesion proteins

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Define Fibers

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Produced by the cells

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Name Three types of fibers

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Collagen, elastic and reticular

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Name Types of connective tissues

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Bone
Hyaline
Elastic
Fibrocartilage 
Dense
Areolar
Adipose
Reticular
Blood
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Describe and name functions of Bone

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Composed of bone cells in lacunae, hard matrix of calcium salts, and large # of collagen fibers
Used to protect and support the body

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Describe, name function and location of Hyaline cartilage

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Most common cartilage
Composed of abundant collagen fibers, rubbery matrix
Entire fetal skeleton is hyaline cartilage

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Name function and location of Elastic cartilage

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Provides elasticity

Supports external ear

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Describe, name location and function of Fibrocartilage

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Highly compressible

Forms cushion like disks between vertebrae

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Describe Dense Connective tissue

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Main matrix element is collagen fibers
Cells are fibroblasts
Examples - tendon (attach muscle to bone) and ligaments (attach bone to bone)

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Describe, name function and location of Adipose connective tissue

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Matrix is an areolar tissue where fat globules are
Many cells contain large lipid deposits
Functions- insulates, protects, and site of fuel storage

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Describe, name location example of Reticular connective tissue

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Delicate network of interwoven fibers
Forms stroma (internal supporting network) of lymphoid organs
Ex - lymph nodes, spleen , bone marrow
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Describe, name function of Blood

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Blood cells surrounded by fluid matrix
Fibers are visible during clotting
Functions as the transport vehicle for materials

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Describe, name function and location of Areolar connective tissue

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Most widely distributed connective tissue
Soft, pliable tissue
Contains all fiber types
Can soak up excess fluid

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Coordinates, regulates and integrates body functions

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Nervous tissue

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Contains intercalated disk

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Cardiac muscle

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Muscle that lacks striations

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Smooth muscle

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Striated and involuntary

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Cardiac muscle

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Striated and voluntary

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Skeletal muscle

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Contains neurons and neuroglial cells

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Nervous tissue

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Muscle attached to bones

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Skeletal muscle

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Muscle that composes heart

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Cardiac muscle

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Moves food through digestive tract

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Smooth muscle

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Transmits impulses along cytoplasmic extensions

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Nervous tissue

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Forms framework of outer ear

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Elastic cartilage

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Functions as heat insulator beneath skin

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Adipose tissue

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Contains large amounts of fluids and lacks fibers

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Blood

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Cells arranged around central canal

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Bone

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Bonds skin to underlying organs

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Areolar connective tissue

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Main tissue of tendons and ligaments

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Dense connective tissue

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Provides stored energy supply in fat vacuoles

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Adipose tissue

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Forms the flexible soft part of nasal septum

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Hyaline

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Forms supporting tings of respiratory passages

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Hyaline

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Cells greatly enlarged with nuclei pushed to sides

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Adipose

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Forms delicate, thin layers between muscle

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Areolar tissue

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