Fibrous Connective Tissue Flashcards
What are the properties of Connective Tissue?
What cells are considered Connective Tissue?
Properties: Separated by outside environment via epithelium and from other CT cells via ECM
Cells Types
- Fibroblasts: collagen, proteoglycans, glycoproteins
- Mesenchymal: CT stem cells
- Adipocytes: fat cells
- Chondrocytes: cartilage
- Osteoblasts: bone
- Hematopoietic: RBC and Immune Cells
What are the functions of Connective Tissue?
- Structural framework
- Protection and support
- Energy storage
- Transport fluids, cells, and dissolved chemicals
- Immune System Defense
What organelles might a plasma cell have a disporportionate volume of?
Golgi Apparatus/Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
(It produces and exports antibodies)
What are the fibrous components of the ECM of connective tissue?
- Collagen: Resists tension
- Elastin: Stretchable Fiber
- Reticular Fibers: supportive meshwork
Besides the structural, what is the function of Extracellular Matrix?
Carries O2, CO2, Nutrients, and Wastes
What is the most common type of collagen?
Type 1
What is Elastin assembled from?
Tropoelastin
Fibulin-1
Fibrillins 1 and 2
What can cause shallow breathing in COPD relating to connective tissue?
Elastin breakdown prevents the lungs from retracting fully to prepare for the next inhalation.
What makes the Extracellular Matrix in bone different from that in other tissues?
It is mineralized
What composes the ECM ground substance?
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Proteoglycans (protein w/ sugar)
* Ex: Chondroitin, Heparan, Keratan Sulfates* - Hyaluronan: connects proteoglycans
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Glycoproteins
* Includes cytokines, GF, structural proteins* - Extracellular proenzymes
What are Syndecans?
Strong coreceptors for growth factors on the cell membrane
What do integrin receptors do as a basic function?
Allow cell to extracellular matrix interaction
What is the name of umbillical embryonic connective tissue?
Warton’s Jelly
What are the three types of loose connective tissue?
- Areolar
- Adipose
- Reticular
What is the lamina propria?
Loose connective tissue beneath membranous epithelia
What are the fixed cells of areolar connective tissue?
Fibroblasts
Adipocytes
Mesenchymal Cells
What are the wandering cells of loose areolar connective tissue?
Macrophages
Mast Cells
Leukocytes / Lymphocytes
Plasma Cells
Where can you find adipocytes?
Under skin and organs (e.g. kidneys, eyeballs)
Within abdomen, breats, and buttocks
What are the 4 functions of white fat?
Energy storage, insulation, cushioning, hormone secretion
What are the characteristics of brown fat?
Thermogenic
Abundant in newborns
Greatly reduced in adults
Contains abundant mitochondria
What does reticular connective tissue do?
Forms a “chicken wire” cage to support and hold cells in place against gravity
What are the three types of dense connective tissue?
Dense irrregular
Dense regular
Elastic
Where is dense irregular connective tissue found?
Dermis of the skin
Capsules of internal organs (eg kidney)
Perichondrium and pariosteum
Fascia
Why might dense regular connective tissue heal slowly compared to other tissues?
It is poorly vascularized
