Finals: Connective Tissue Flashcards

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A so-called cart wheel nucleus is typical & often basophilic granules

A

Mast cells

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1
Q

Hyaline & elastic cartilage contains what type of collagen

A

Type 2

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2
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What connective tissue fibers are argyrophilic

A

Reticular fibers

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3
Q

Has a signet appearance is what characteristic of what connective tissue cell

A

Adipocyte

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4
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What is the undifferentiated cell that is the stem cell for connective tissue

A

Mesenchymal cells

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5
Q

What does plasma produce

A

Antibodies

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6
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What cell is responsible for the synthesis, maintenance and turnover of extracellular matrix

A

Fibroblast

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7
Q

What is the precursor of collagen

A

Tropocollagen

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8
Q

Fibrocytes are commonly found and easily recognizable in what type of CT

A

DCT regular

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9
Q

What type of collagen has the highest amount of sugar groups

A

Type 3

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10
Q

The wall of what structure contains many elastic fibers arranged in a lamellar fashion

A

Elastic artery

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11
Q

Histocytes are from what WBC

A

Monocytes

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12
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What type of cell is multilocular & commonly found in fetuses

A

Brown fat

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13
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What cell synthesizes elastin

A

Fibroblast

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14
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What type of collagen is most abundant in skin, tendon, ligaments & bone

A

Type 1

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15
Q

Mucous CT is also known as

A

Wharton’s jelly

16
Q

What CT fiber forms the framework for lymph nodes

A

Reticular fibers

17
Q

What common CT cell has a football or pencil shaped structure

A

Fibrocyte

18
Q

Mast cells are activated by the binding of what immunoglobulin

A

IgE

19
Q

What type of fiber stains well with silver stains, but not with H&E

A

Reticular fibers

20
Q

What CT cell produces collagen elastin & ground substance

A

Fibroblast

21
Q

The basal lamina of the epidermis contains what type of collagen

A

Type 4

22
Q

What type of primitive embryogenic tissue is derived from both mesoderm & neuroectoderm

A

Mesenchyme

23
Q

What type of cartilage contains collagen type 2

A

Hyaline cartilage

24
Q

What part of CT contains glycoproteins, hyaluronic acid & proteoglycan

A

Ground substance

25
Q

Ligaments are composed of what type of CT

A

DCT regular

26
Q

What type of collagen is the most abundant in the body

A

Type 1