Lecture 28 Flashcards
Difference between parenchyma and stroma
parenchyma : functional cellular unit (eg : epithelium, nerve, muscle)
Stroma : supporting structure such as connective tissue
What is ECM made up of (3)
Fibers
Ground substance (GAG, proteoglycan, glycoprotein)
Tissue fluid
Function of connective tissue
support, defense, repair, nutrition
What is connective tissue made up of?
Cell & ECM
Is connective tissue supplied by blood vessels and nerve?
YES, it should be so it supplies nutrients to avascular epithelial cells
Difference between permanent and transient cells of connective tissue
permanent : those that stay in connective tissue (fibroblast or macrophage, adipocytes, stem cells, mast cells)
Transient : those that come to connective tissue for an event (basophil eosinophil, neutrophil, lymphocytes, plasma cells)
Different types of fibers in connective tissue (3)
collagen, laminin, elastic
Types of collagen I, II, III, IV
Type I : collagen found in mainly in ECM (heterotrimeric : triple helix)
Type II : cartilage
Type III : Reticular fiber (lymph, liver)
Type IV : basement membrane
2 types of embryonic connective tissue
- Mesenchyme
2. Mucous connective tissue
Features of mucous connective tissue
- found in new borns
- Few cells
- Few fibers
- Abundant ground substances and tissue fluid
Where are mucous connective tissue found?
Umbilical cord (Wharton’s jelly)
Cardiac jelly
Vitreous humor in eye
Which germ layer form almost all connective tissue?
mesoderm
Difference in cell shapes of mesenchyme and mucous connective tissue
mesenchyme : spindle like thin cell shape
mucous : star shaped fibroblasts with sparse reticular fibers
Both have abundant ground substance
Features of loose (areolar) connective tissue
Abundant cells of various types
Few fibers
Abundant ground substance
Characteristics of loose connective tissue (3)
- flexible, not resistant to stress
- rich in blood supply
- fill spaces between other tissues
Location of loose connective tissue (4)
- beneath epithelia surface (for providing nutrients to epithelium) = dermis
- surrounds glands and smallest blood vessels and nerves
Staining for loose connective tissue
Mesentery Verhoeff’s hematoxylin
What is lamina propria?
a thin layer of loose areolar connective tissue part of mucosa
Where is lamina propria found? (3)
lining of respiratory tract
GI tract
Urogenital tract
Features of dense irregular connective tissue
- few cells of single type : fibroblasts - produce fiber and ground substance
- abundant fibers mostly collagen
- little ground substance
Function of irregular connective tissue
No orientation of collagen fibers so it is resistance to stress in all directions
- significant support to organs and structures (organs capsule, periosteum, dermis)
Another name of Irregular dense connective tissue (2)
Reticular layer or deep layer
Feature of dense regular connective tissue
- few cells of single type : fibroblasts: aligned between fiber bundles
- Abundant fibers mostly collagen fibers arranged in a specific orientation
- little ground substance
Where is dense regular connective tissue found? (2)
tendons/ligament