Finals: Connective Tissue Flashcards
A so-called cart wheel nucleus is typical & often basophilic granules
Mast cells
Hyaline & elastic cartilage contains what type of collagen
Type 2
What connective tissue fibers are argyrophilic
Reticular fibers
Has a signet appearance is what characteristic of what connective tissue cell
Adipocyte
What is the undifferentiated cell that is the stem cell for connective tissue
Mesenchymal cells
What does plasma produce
Antibodies
What cell is responsible for the synthesis, maintenance and turnover of extracellular matrix
Fibroblast
What is the precursor of collagen
Tropocollagen
Fibrocytes are commonly found and easily recognizable in what type of CT
DCT regular
What type of collagen has the highest amount of sugar groups
Type 3
The wall of what structure contains many elastic fibers arranged in a lamellar fashion
Elastic artery
Histocytes are from what WBC
Monocytes
What type of cell is multilocular & commonly found in fetuses
Brown fat
What cell synthesizes elastin
Fibroblast
What type of collagen is most abundant in skin, tendon, ligaments & bone
Type 1
Mucous CT is also known as
Wharton’s jelly
What CT fiber forms the framework for lymph nodes
Reticular fibers
What common CT cell has a football or pencil shaped structure
Fibrocyte
Mast cells are activated by the binding of what immunoglobulin
IgE
What type of fiber stains well with silver stains, but not with H&E
Reticular fibers
What CT cell produces collagen elastin & ground substance
Fibroblast
The basal lamina of the epidermis contains what type of collagen
Type 4
What type of primitive embryogenic tissue is derived from both mesoderm & neuroectoderm
Mesenchyme
What type of cartilage contains collagen type 2
Hyaline cartilage
What part of CT contains glycoproteins, hyaluronic acid & proteoglycan
Ground substance
Ligaments are composed of what type of CT
DCT regular
What type of collagen is the most abundant in the body
Type 1
