Histology of Bone and Other Connective Tissue Flashcards
Type of tissue composed of cells relatively few and far apart, with abundant intercellular substance containing tissue fluid and fibers
Connective tissue
Three major components of connective tissue
- fibers (collagenous, reticular, elastic)
- ground substance
- connective tissue cells
Type of connective tissue that:
- binds bones and other tissues to each other
- is composed of alpha-polypeptide chains
- is located in the tendon, ligament, skin, cornea, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, gut, intervertebral disc
Collagenous tissue
Type of connective tissue that:
- allows organs like arteries and lungs to recoil
- is composed elastic microfibrils and elastin
- is located in the extracellular matrix, respiratory tract, blood vessels, walls of the ligamentum flava
Elastic tissue
Type of connective tissue that:
- forms a scaffolding for other cells
- is composed of type III collagen fibers and agyrophilic fibers that support hematopoetic and lymphoid organs
- is located in the liver, bone marrow, lymphatic organs
Reticular tissue
Type of collagenous tissue that mainly supports epithelial tissue, acting as SUPPORT STRUCTURES which are normally under friction/pressure; this also has an important role in providing a medium for oxygen and nutrients to diffuse from capillaries to cells, and carbon dioxide and waste substances to diffuse from cells back into circulation
Found in the papillary layer of the dermis, most of the hypodermis
Loose connective tissue (or areolar tissue)
Type of collagenous tissue that mainly RESIST STRETCHING AND TEARING and also mainly provides a medium for oxygen and nutrients to diffuse from capillaries to cells, and carbon dioxide and waste substances to diffuse from cells back into circulation
Found in capsules and linings: organ capsules, periosteum, perimyseum, perichondrium, perineurium, the reticular layer of the dermis
Dense irregular tissue
Type of collagenous tissue that forms ORGANIZED STRUCTURES
Found in tendons, ligaments, aponeuroses, specialized organs of the cornea
Dense regular tissue
Most abundant, most numerous protein in the human body
Collagen
Type of collagen found in dermis, bone, tendon, fibrocartilage
Type I
mnemonic: sk1n, bONE
Type of collagen found in hyaline cartilage and elastic cartilage
Type II
mnemonic: carTWOlage
Type of collagen found in reticular fibers, used in wound healing
Type III
mnemonic: reTHREEculin
Type of collagen found in basal lamina
Type IV
mnemonic: BASEMENT membrane; basement below the FOUR/”floor”
Type of collagen found in the fetal membrane
Type V
Type of collagenous tissue in which macrophages are most abundant
Loose connective tissue (or areolar tissue)
Stem cell precursor of most connective tissue cells
Mesenchymal cell
Cell responsible for IMMEDIATE hypersensitivity reactions
Mast cell
Normal connective tissue cell with the characteristic signet ring appearance
Adipose cell
Normal cell that can be recognized by the arrangement of its heterochromatin granules:
- seen in areas of inflammation
- produces antibodies
- arrangement of granules give a cartwheel or spokewheel appearance to the nucleus
Plasma cell
Hardest tissue of the body, histologically classified according to its collagenous organization as woven or lamellar
Bone
Cell that secretes the ground substance in connective tissue
Fibroblast
Bone matrix is mostly made up of a composite material incorporating the inorganic mineral calcium phosphate in this specific chemical arrangement that is responsible for a bone’s rigidity
Calcium hydroxylapatite
The elastic protein which improves fracture resistance of bone
Collagen type I (or ossein)
Type of bone that composes the hard outer layer of bones, made up of the Haversian system of multiple interconnected microscopic columns called osteons
Cortical bone (or compact bone)