Histology and Physiology Flashcards
Describe loose CT
areolar
Elastic fibers and collagen fibers in ground substance. Fibroblasts, mast cells, macrophages and capillaries
In tunica adventitia of blood vessels, muccosa and sub mucosa,
Describe dense regular CT
Found in ligaments, tendons, eyes, fascia
Parallel bundles of collagen fibers separated by linear rows of fibrocytes
Describe dense irregular CT
Dermis layer of skin and submucosa of GI tract
Corse, thick intertwined bundles of collagen fibers
Few fibroblasts
Reticular CT and
Elastic CT: fibers produced by smooth muscle cells to form discontinous lamellae around lumen
Adipocytes are modified ______
fibroblast
What do fibroblasts make?
Spindle-shaped cell and oval nucleus: synthesize and secrete proteoglycyans, glycoproteins, and precursor molecules of collagen and elastin
Type I collagen
Tough guy
Fibrillar
Bone, tendon, dentin
Type II collagen
Hyaline and elastic cartilage
Thinner
Fibrillar
Type III collagen
Reticular lamina of basement membranes
Fibrillar
Type IV collagen
non fibrillar
basal lamina
no bundles
Type V collagen
Fetal amnion and chorion
Muscle and tendon sheaths
What forms elastin in skin and tendons?
Fibroblasts
What makes elastin in elastic cartilage?
Chondroblasts
What makes elastin in blood vessels and respiratory tract?
Smooth muscles
Hypovitaminosis A
Retards growth, reduces width of epiphyseal plate
Hypovitaminosis C
Inhibits matrix synthesis, leads to deformation of epiphyseal plate and scurvy
Vitamin D deficiency
Chondrocytes proliferate but matrix does not calcify properly
Rickets
Describe fibrocartilage
no perichondrium
Chondrocytes in rows
Abundant in collagen I and II
Ground substance has dermatan and chondroitin sulfate
Found in attachments of ligamentns to articuclar surfaces
The outer layer of perichondrium
fibroblasts, collagen I and blood vessels
Fibrogenic cells
Inner perichondrium
Chondrogenic-give rise to chondroblasts and osteoprogenitor cells
Appositional growth
Formss new cartilage on surface of pre-existing cartilage
Occurs within inner layer of pericondrium
Chondrogenic cells - Collagen I
Chondroblasts - Collagen II
Interstitial growth
Takes place within cartilage mass
Chondrocytes divide within lacunae
Increase mass of cartilage
In adults describe cartilage repair
In adults, few chondrocytes are produced
Cartilage usually replaced by dense CT or bone if vascularized
Cranial synostosis
Bone growth instead of cartilage repair