Lab 3 - Tissues - 2

Question 1

• What happens to the skin when it’s cut too deep?

Answer 1

The wound tends to heal from the bottom up and the blood will start to form a clot for healing.

Question 2

• Why is connective tissue the most abundant?

Answer 2

Binds everything together and provides structure

Question 3

Name 3/5 things that connective tissues do

Answer 3

Fills space, fights infection, + it supports & protects,

Question 4

• What is the extracellular matrix of connective tissue?

Answer 4

is composed of ground substance and fibers – also has scattered cells

Question 5

• What is the ground substance and fibers of protein in connective tissue?

Answer 5

A non-living substance, called the ground substance – this is also where Collagen may be, which is the most abundant protein.

Question 6

• What are the general characteristics of Connective Tissue?

Answer 6

ECM
Ground substance
Most have good blood supply
Cells reproduce

Question 7

• What are the 2 Main Categories of connective tissue

Answer 7

Loose Connective tissue & Dense Connective tissue.

Question 8

Loose Connective Tissue – what is this?

Dense Connective Tissue –

Answer 8

Loose = areolar, adipose, reticular tissues

Dense = regular, irregular, elastic

Question 9

What are the 3 Specialized Categories of connective tissue

Answer 9

Cartlidge
Bone
Blood

Question 10

Cartlidge consist of what?

Answer 10

Hyaline, elastic, fibrocartilage

Question 11

• What is one of the main categories of connective tissue that actually make it bind?

Answer 11

The ground substance and fibers that make up the ECM

Question 12

• What does loose connective tissue form that is thin, called what?

Answer 12

thin delicate membranes throughout the body

Question 13

• So Loose Connective Tissue supports and also

Answer 13

binds things together.

Question 14

• So before looking at the below picture, Loose Connective Tissue not only binds things together such as organs, but it also has ___ between components and occurs beneath the ____and most ___layers

Answer 14

Space
Skin
Abundant

Question 15

• What does Adipose tissue do?

Answer 15

Stores fat

Question 16

• Adipose stores fat as what in the what?

Answer 16

Fat Droplets in the cytoplasm

Question 17

• The rigid connective tissue is also known as what? Where is this primarily located?

Answer 17

Cartlidge

Location: Ears

Question 18

• Chondrocytes are called what? What do they do?

Answer 18

Cartlidge Cells

They provide support, also cushions

Question 19

Where is Hyaline Cartilage?

Answer 19

On the ends of the joints, nose and respiratory passages.

Question 20

• What does Hyaline Cartilage do?

Answer 20

provides mechanical support for the nose, articular surfaces, and developing bones