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Lecture 3 Flashcards

1
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What is the ECM made of

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Ground substances + Cells

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What is Ground substance made of?

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Water, Proteins and Polysaccharides

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What are the polysaccharides?

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Glucosamineglycans or mucopolysaccharides

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4
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What is formed by the joining of glucosamineglycans and core proteins?

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Proteoglycans

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5
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What are the repeating disaccharide units of glucosamineglycans?

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Amino sugar (N.acetyglucosamine) and Uronic sugar (Glucuronic acid)

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What are the sulphate GAGs

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Dermatan, Heparin, Keratan, Chondroitin

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7
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What are non sulphate GAGs?

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Hyaluronic acid

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8
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Why is hyaluronic acid unusual?

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Its not sulphated or covalent bound to core proteins

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Why are GAGs highly polar?

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So they can attract water and trap it so that the ground substance is more jelly like

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10
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What are the functions of hyaluronic acid

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Bind cells together, lubricates joints, maintains shape of eyeball

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What are the functions of hyaluronidase?

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Makes ground substance more liquid so they can move more easily in it. Makes access to egg easier for sperm

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What is the function of Chondroitin

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Adhesiveness of bones, cartilage, blood vessels, skin

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What is the function of Keratan?

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Hydrating the cornea, adhesiveness of bone and cartilage

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What is the function of dermatan

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Development of blood vessels, constitutes skin, tendons, heart valves

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15
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What are the features of Exophthalmos?

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Goitre, autoimmune overreaction of thyroid and action of fibroblasts in ECM of eye

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Why do eyes look swollen in exophthalmos?

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Deposition of GAGs and influx of water

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17
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What are the three different types of protein fibers?

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Collagen, Elastin and Reticular

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18
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What are the features of collagen fibers?

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Strong and flexible, Parallel bundles, has different composition in different types of body tissue

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19
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Where are collagen fibers found?

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Tendons, cartilage, bones and ligament

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20
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What are the features of reticular fibers?

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collagen fibers with a coating of glycoproteins for strength and support, made by fibroblasts

21
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Where are reticular fibers found?

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Adipose tissue, Nerve fibres, smooth muscle tissue. These fibres branch and spread out through tissue

22
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What are the features of Elastic fibres?

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Thinner than collagen fibres, elastin surrounded by fibrillin, can be stretched 150%

23
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Where are Elastic fibres found?

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Skin, Blood vessels and lungs

24
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How does the Marian syndrome arise?

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A defect in chromosome 15 which codes for fibrillin, and thus affects elastic fibres

25
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What are the features of individuals with Marfan syndrome?

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Tall, Long limbed, protruding or collapsed sternum, weakened heart valves and arterial walls

26
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What is the occurrence of Marfan syndrome?

27
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What are the two common tissue cell types?

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Fibroblasts and Adipocytes

28
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Where are fibroblasts found?

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Widely distributed in connective tissue, migratory

29
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Where are adipocytes found?

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Under skin and around organs

30
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What is the function of fibroblast cells?

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Secrete components of the matrix (fibers and ground substance)

31
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What is the function of Adipocytes?

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Store fats

32
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What are the other cell types?

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Macrophages, Plasma cells, Mast cells, Leucocytes

33
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What are the classifications of connective tissue?

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Embryonic or mature

34
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What are the two types of embryonic tissue?

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Mesenchyme or Mucous

35
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What is the structure, location and function of mesenchyme cells?

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They give rise to all other connective tissues, consists of mesenchymal cells in a semi-fluid ground substance containing reticular fibre

36
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What is the structure/location/function of Mucous cells?

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Mucous CT has widely scattered fibroblasts embedded in jelly like ground substance. Supports umbilical cord of foetus

37
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What are the 3 types of loose connective tissue?

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Aoelar, Adipose and reticular

38
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What is the structure/function/location of Aoelar connective tissue?

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Three types of fibers, widely distributed around almost every structure. Strength, Elasticity, Support

39
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What is the structure/function/location of Adipose connective tissue

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Mostly Adipocytes, Central triglyceride droplet, found with areolar, white is for energy storage brown is for heat production. Insulation, Energy source, Temperature control

40
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What is the structure/function/location of Dense regular connective tissue

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found in ligaments, tendons and aponeuroses. Regularly arranged collagen, shiny white colour,

41
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What is the structure/function/location of Hyaline cartilage?

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Weak, composed of a resilient gel with fibers are present but not obvious, found in anterior ends of ribs, respiratory cartilage. Flexibility and movement

42
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What is the structure/function/location of Compact bone

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contains osteons, stores calcium and phosphorus, protection and support

43
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What is the structure/function/location of Spongy bone

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stores triglycerides, produces blood cells

44
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What are the four cell types found in bone?

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Osteogenic, Osteoblasts, Osteocytes, Osteoclasts

45
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What are osteogenic cells?

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mesenchymal cells that develop, start to lay down collagen, become trapped and become osteoblasts

46
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what are osteoblasts?

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bone forming cells. Lay down more collagen, mineralization process starts

47
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What are osteocytes?

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mature bone cells derived from osteoblasts trapped within extracellular matrix. maintains bone tissue. involved in exchange of nutrients and waste. have gap junctions

48
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What are osteoclasts

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large, multinucleated cells formed from the fusion of blood monocytes. Breaks down bone

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