Loose Connective Tissue Flashcards
Which tissue has most ground substance and less number of fiber?
Loose Connective Tissue
Which tissue has adipocytes(fat cells) nucleus squeezed to one side by the large fat droplet?
Adipose loose Connective Tissue
Which loose tissue stores energy, protects, cushions and insulate?
Adipose loose tissue
Which tissue has ground substance, scattered arrangements of reticular fibers, fibro blast and leukocytes?
Reticular Connective tissue
Which tissue has vascularized ground substance, scattered arrangements of fibro blast and many blood vessels?
Areolar loose tissue
Which tissue provides supportive framework for spleen, lymph nodes, thymus and bone marrow?
Reticular loose tissue
Which Connective Tissue has less ground substance and more fibers?
Reticular loose tissue
Type of Connective Tissue that is densely packed and their collagen Fibre are parallel to each other is called?
Dense regular connective tissue
Where are the locations of the Dense Regular connective tissue?
Tendons and Ligaments
What are the functions of the Dense Regular connective tissue?
- They attaches muscle to bone (Tendons)
- Attaches bone to bone (Ligaments)
Which tissue are made up of the Dense Regular tissue?
Tendons and Ligaments.
What are the 3 tissues that make up the dense irregular connective tissues?
- Periosteum
- Pericardium
- Perichondrium
What is the outer covering of the bone called?
Periosteum
What is the outer covering of the cartilage called?
Perichondrium.
What type of tissue are the walls of the arteries, trachea, bronchial tube, vocal codes and Ligaments of the penis made of?
Elastic connective tissue.
What kind of the connective tissue is the cartilage?
Supporting connective tissue.
What is the nature of the Extracellular Matrix of a cartilage?
Semi solid/semi - liquid/gel-like
What type of Connective tissue is the perichondrium made up of?
Dense irregular connective tissues.
Another name for mature cartilage?
Chrondrocytes
Chrondrocytes occupy small spaces called?
Lacunae
Why does the wounds in the cartilage heal very slowing?
It is because they are AVASCULAR (Inadequate blood supply)
What are the 3 types of cartilage?
- Hyaline cartilage
- Fibrocartilage
- Elastic cartilage.
Which is the most common cartilage and the weakest?
Hyaline cartilage
Which is the only cartilage covered by the Perichondrium?
Hyaline cartilage
Articular cartilage is made up of which type of cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage
Which type of cartilage lacks Perichondrium?
Fibrocartilage
Entire fetal cartilage and Costal cartilage are examples of what type of cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage
Pubic symphysis are made up of what type of cartilage?
Fibrocartilage
Which cartilage resists compression and absorbs shock in some joints?
Fibrocartilage
Intervertebral disc’s and menisci of the knee joints are made up of what type of cartilage?
Fibrocartilage
Which cartilage contains abundant elastic fibers and also has perichondrium?
Elastic cartilage.
External ear or Epiglottis of the larynx is an example of what type of cartilage?
Elastic cartilage
The nature of the Extracellular Matrix of the bone is what?
Solid
Which is the liquid connective tissue?
Blood
Plasma is divided into 3 main categories namely?
- Red blood cell/Erothyrocytes
- White blood cell/Leukocytes
- Platelets
Which blood component fights against diseases and infections?
White blood cell/Leukocytes
Which blood component transports oxygen and carbon dioxide?
Red blood cell/Erothyrocytes
Which blood component helps in blood clotting?
Platelets.
What is the blood component that transports nutrients, wastes and hormones throughout the body?
Plasma
Fibrocartilage lacks Perichondrium
True
What type of cartilage is found in the intervertebral disc’s?
Fibrocartilage.
