L12 Flashcards
What are the three main types of connective tissue fibers
Collagen reticular elastic
The main fiber
Collagen
Most abundant protein
Collagen
Provides tensile strength
Collagen
Found in the bones Denton tendons and dermis
Collagen type one
Contains two alpha chains that are identical and one different alpha chain
Collagen type one
Present mainly in hyaline & elastic cartilages
Collagen types to
Forms very thin fibrils
Collagen type two and three
Has three identical Alpha chains
Collagen type two
Associated with Collagen type1
Collagen type three
What is the major collagenase component of reticular fibers
Collagen type three
can co-polymerize with other types of collagen
Collagen type three
Found in the basal lamina of epithelial & endothelial cells
Collagen type 4
What’s two types of collagen that do not form fibrils 
Type 4 and 7
meshwork of procollagen
Type 4
Support /filtration in the basal lamina
Type4
Anchors basal lamina to the underlying type one and type two collagens of lamina reticularis
Type7 (anchoring proteins)
fibroblast, chonderioblast, osteoblasts and odntoblasts. Produces ___
Fibroblast/ reticular cells produce ___ 
Fibroblast and smooth muscle cells produce ___
Collagen
Reticular
Elastin
What are the three principle amino acids that make up collagen and their percentage
Glycine 33%, proline 12% and hydroxyproline 10%.
Each molecule is composed of___ subunit polypeptide
3
The three alpha subunits in the polypeptide are held together by
Hydrogen bonds
Each complete turn of the helix spans distance of___ nm.
The length of each tropocollagen is ___ nm and width is ___ nm.
8.6
280
1.5
Flexible, unbranched, high tensile strength
Collagen Fibers
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Tropocollagen»_space;fibrils ( bound by non- fibrillar collagen and proteoglycans)»_space; fibers