MSK CNT Flashcards

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What are the major determinants of the functional and histological characteristics of a given connective tissue?

A
  • orientation
  • volume of fibers
  • ratio of fibers to ground substance
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What are the three types of connective tissue?

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  • Embryonic CT
  • Adult CT
  • Special CT

(connective tissue is one of the 4 main tissues of the body: CT, epithelium, muscle, nerve)

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3
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Define Proteoglycan

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Molecule with core protein with bound GAGs (glycosaminoglycans)

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What are the noncellular componenets of CNT?

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  • ground substance: jelly-like, highly hydrated
  • GAG (glycosaminoglycans)
  • proteoglycans
  • hyaluronic acid
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Define hyaluronic acid. Where is it found?

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  • Unique GAG that attaches proteoglycans.
  • non-cellular ground substance (synovial fluid, vitreous humor, cartilage)

(highly viscous in aqueous solution)

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What are 2 major CNT proper ground substance glycoproteins?

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  • fibronectin
  • laminin

(adhesive glycoproteins found in the BL)

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7
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What is the most common CNT fiber?

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Collagen

(30% of the dry weight of the body)

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What is the most abundant type of collagen?

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Type 1

(acidophilic; stain pink,

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Describe Collagen type III.

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  • small fibril associated with type I
  • constituent of reticular CNT
  • held together by proteoglycans and glycoproteins
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What are the histological staining characteristics of collagen type III?

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  • reticular fibers (do not stain with H&E)
  • argyrophilic (bind silver salts)
  • distinct black fibers in silver impregnation prep
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Histological characteristics of elastic fibers?

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  • poorly stained w/conventional methods
  • can be stained purple black w/Orcein
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Where is elastic tissue found?

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  • skin
  • earlobe
  • ligaments between vertebrae
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13
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What is the tissue stained at the arrow?

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Elastic fibers

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14
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Elastin is synthesized by______.

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  • fibroblasts
  • smooth muscle

(Marfan’s syndrome is due to the mutation of fibrillin gene, leading to weakening of vascular walls)

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15
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What are the cellular componenets of CNT?

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  • fixed cells: fibroblasts and mast cells
  • transient cells: plasma cells & leukocytes
  • macrophages (fixed and transiet)
  • mesenchymal cells (embryo only)

(fixed develop in & stay in the CNT)

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16
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Where do most resident CT cells arise from?

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mesodermal mesenchyme cells (embryo)

17
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What is the most common cell in the CNT proper?

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Fibroblast

18
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Describe the fibroblast

A

elongated

spindle or stellate-shaped

pale

ovoid nucleus

well-developed ER & GA

(when active)

19
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What cell synthesizes elastic fibers, reticular fibers and collagen?

A

Fibroblast

(they produce much of the CNT ground substance)

20
Q

What is the most abundant form of adipose in adults

A

unilocular cells (white adipose cells)

Primary energy source in the body. Adipose has a higher proportion of cells than EC CNT fibers or ground substance.

21
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What cell type makes up the brown fat? What are their unique characteristics?

A
  • multilocular adipose cells
  • smaller than white/unilocular cells, tissue is brown due to more mitochondria. mostly found in embryos and infants
22
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What are the histological characteristics of mast cells?

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  • small, round, central nucleus
  • granules in cytoplasm
  • appear violet (basophilic in H&E & Metachromatic w/toluidine blue)
23
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Describe the histologic characteristics of macrophages.

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kidney-shaped nucleus

pseudopodia

basophilic cytoplasm

24
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Where do the monocytes develop and reside?

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  • bone marrow
  • migrate into CNT where they become macrophages
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What are the functions of macrophages?
ingestion of debris, dead cells, and invading microorganisms followed by breakdown of the ingested matter with lysosomal enzymes.
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Describe the shape, nucleus and unique characteristics of plasma cells.
Well-developed RER basophilic stain round, eccentric, clock-face nuclei
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What are the unique characteristics of embryonic CNT?
blends into collagen fibers oval nucleus pale cytoplasm numerous processes
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Histological characteristic of reticular fibers
black "webbing" with cells interspersed in silver-stained prep (LN=lymph node)
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3 categories of Dense CNT?
1. dense irregular 2. dense regular collagenous (tendons & ligaments) 3. dense regular elsatic
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Where is dense irregular tissue found?
mostly the dermis of the skin organ capsules large nerves
31
Describe dense regular CNT (DRCCT) found.
* thick, densely-packed bundles of collagen * arranged in parallel cylinders or sheets
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Describe organization of dense regular elastic CNT.
thick, branching elastic fibers arranged in parallel arrays (found in blood vessels and ligaments between vertebrae)