Lecture 10-17 - Post Midterm Flashcards
State True or False:
In connective tissue:
- Large amount of cells
- Abundant matrix
3, Matrix contains fixed amounts of protein fibers - Connective tissue is typically classified on the basis of
the type of matrix, fiber density, and fiber
organization.
- False; Relatively few cells
- True
- False; Varying amount of protein fibers
- True
State three functions of connective tissue:
- Physically supports other tissues
- Binds tissues together
- Provides structural framework and opposes gravity
- Helps to create body contours
- Houses specialized tissues (i.e.):
- Blood forming tissues (hematopoietic)
- Lymphoid organs
Which CT is Usually found beneath epithelial tissues of most organs
Loose CT
Which CT has a High ratio of fibroblasts to fibrous components
Loose
Which CT has High ratio of fibrous components to fibroblasts
Dense CT
also has thicker bundles of collagen than loose CT
irregular=no specific orientation
regular=highly ordered bundles
What class of CT is found in stroma of the spleen and lymph nodes and allows things to be packed in between the fibers?
Reticular
State the Location and Function of:
Type I Collagen
Type II Collagen
Type III Collagen
Type IV Collagen
- General CT and bone, tensile strength
- hyaline and elastic cartilage, tensile strength
- parenchyma or argans and walls of blood vessels, reticular framework
- basement membranes, meshwork and scaffolding
Terminal non-helical ends are cleaved to form __________
tropocollagen
Tropocollagen spontaneously assembles into staggered arrays to form
collagen fibers with characteristic ___nm banded pattern
64 nm
Where does synthesis of procollagen and hydroxylation of lysine and proline take place?
Rough ER
Review figure 4-5 collagen synthesis
slide 15
Elastin is synthesized as a ….
secreted as a…..
converted to….
and what aids it’s assembly into amorphous fibers?
prepropeptide (pre- is signal sequence into ER)
propeptide
tropoelastin
fibrillin
The cleaving of the non-helical terminal ends of pro-collagen, converting it to tropocollagen, occurs where?
Immediatly after secretion
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of fibrocartilage?
A. type II collagen
B. not surrounded by perichondrium
C. found in intervertebral discs
D. increased collagen in the matrix
E. neither A nor B are characteristic of fibrocartiladge
A. type II collagen
Which of the following is not part of haversian system?
A. periosteum
B. lacunae
C. lamellae
D. Volkmann canals
E. Canalciuli
A. Periosteum
Parathyroid hormone stimulates osteoblasts to secrete/express which of the following?
A. osteoprotegerin
B. M-CSF
C. RANKL
D. all of the above.
E. only B and C
E. only B and C
Type I collagen is synthesized as a ______________
prepropeptide
Pro-collagen molecule with terminal non-helical ends is secreted into extracellular matrix by ___________
fibroblasts
during synthesis of collagen, The Golgi apparatus is responsible for the packaging and secretion of _______
preprocollagen
Collagen can be synthesized in which of the following?
A. Fibroblasts
B. Osteoblasts
C. Chondroblasts
D. Odontoblasts
E. A and C
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
During collagen synthesis, the RER is responsible for the synthesis of _____ and _____, and hydroxylation of _____ and ____, glycosylation and disulfide bond formation
precollagen and procollagen
lysine and proline
Enzymatic removal of most of the nonhelical domain of procollagen forms:
tropocollagen
Self-aggregation in a staggered array of tropocollagen molecules forms a:
collagen fibril
Side by side cross linking of collagen fibrils forms:
Collagen fibers
State in correct order from earliest to final product:
Tropocollagen
Collagen fibril
Procollagen
Collagen fiber
PRO TRO IL ER
What two things mediate the formation of collagen fibers?
FACIT collagen and proteoglycans
T/F: Ehlers-danlos syndrome involves mutations in COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes
True
Strickler syndrome is characterized by:
myopia, hypolasia of lower jaw, arthritis - COL2A1 gene is mutated
Osteogenesis imperfecta type 1 is associated with:
COL1A1 mutations and bone fragility
Elastin is assembled into amorphous fibers or sheets with the aid of what?
fibrillin
Which of the following synthesizes elastin?
Fibroblasts or smooth muscle cells
both
Review slide 17: formation of elastic fibers
What is the defect responsible for Marfan syndrome?
gene encoding fibrillin-1
What is the difference between Fibroblasts and Fibrocytes?
Fibrocytes are fibroblats that have slowed down production of building and are more concerned with maintaining
State the Fibroblasts/Fibrocytes functions:
• Secretion and maintenance of CT matrix
• Secrete precursor fibrous molecules
• Secrete the amorphous components of the matrix,
including the glycosaminoglycans.
T/F: Hyaluronic acid GAGs are normally found in the Basement membrane, skin, lung, liver, blood vessels, mast cell granules
False,
Cartilage, skin, synovial fluid, and general CT
heparin and heparan sulfate are found in basement membrane, etc.
Proteoglycans are extracellular protein complexes composed of:
Glycoaminoglycans
In proteoglycan formation, state the order in which the below happen:
A. Glycoaminoglycans attach to a core protein
B. An axial hyaluronan molecule (backbone) is present for attachment
C. Core proteins attach to the hyaluronan molecule by a linker protein
B, C, A
Slide 23
What other types of cells reside in Fibrous CT?
- Macrophages
- Mast cells
- Plasma cells
What molecules are Involved in hypersensitive
response to allergens
Mast cell
Which type of cell has Large pale nuclei with “clock-face” distribution of chromatin and are prominent in the Golgi?
Plasma cells (slide 27 detailed info)
Define each of the following stages of Tumor invasion:
A. Carcinoma in situ
B. Microinvasive carcinoma
C. Invasive carcinoma
A. tumor cells are present but have not invaded basement membrane
B. tumor cells invate past basement membrane through release of their own Collagen IV
C. Tumors start their invasive phase, and secrete autocrine motility factors, vascular permeability factors and angiogenic factors. THIS IS METASTASIS
Unilocular Adipocytes are:
White fat is distributed throughout the body