Histology Connective Tissue Flashcards
two categories of dense connective tissue
regular and irregular
two broad categories of connective tissue proper
loose and dense
three types of specialized connective tissue
blood, bone, cartilage
loose connective tissue matrix contains
loosely arranged collagen fibers, many cells
many cells: which type of connective tissue
loose
few cells, which type of connective tissue
dense
problem with healing for dense connective tissue
poorly vascularized
cell that forms and maintains extracellular matrix
fibroblast
long unbraided polysaccharides, repeating disaccharide units
glycosaminoglycancs
protein core with at least one glycosaminoglycan covalently bound
proteoglycans
charged fiber in basal lamina of epithelial cells
proteoglycans
these molecules help attach cells to ECM
adhesive glycoproteins
these molecules alter the growth, survival, morphology, differentiation and motility of cells
adhesive glycoproteins
fibronectin is a
glycoprotein
most abundant protein in the animal kingdom
collagen
collagen chains associate into a _____ handed _____ ______
right-handed triple helix
every third amino acid in collagen is a
glycine
procallagen chains are _______ until after they leave the cell
soluble
proteases that cleave procollagen chains to render them insoluble
C and N propeptidase
once insoluble, procollagen is now called
tropocollagen
tropocollagen molecules spontaneously assemble into
collagen fibrils
enzyme that crosslinks collagen fibrils into fibers
lysyl oxidase
fibrous connective tissue surrounding cartilage
perichondrium
inner layer of perichondrium
chondrogenic layer
vascularity of cartilage
avascular
immature cartilage cell
chondroblast
mature cartilage cells in matrix or lacunae
chondrocyte