Skeletal Tissue Flashcards
What kind of cells are found in cartilage?
Chondrocytes
What are the 3 factors of intercellular matrix of cartilage?
Glycoproteins, collagen, and elastic fibers
Perichondrium is to cartilage as ______ is to bone
Periosteum
_________: onion like CT that forms around non-articulate
Perichondrium
The smooth cartilage that is between joints is called _________ cartilage
Hyaline
In Hyaline cartilage, chondrocyte cells are surrounded by a ________
Lacuna
What are the fibers in hyaline cartilage?
They are smooth and barely noticeable
_________ cartilage has fibers. Typically found in the ear.
Elastic
Where is fibrocartilage found?
Intervertebral discs and pubic synphasis
What is the pubic synphasis?
L and R hip bones
The cells that make up bone are known as ____________
Osteocytes
Osteocytes are made from __________
Osteoblasts
What are bone breaking cells called?
Osteoclasts
What is calcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite crystals with relation to the bones
intercellular substance
Bone is vascular. T or F?
T
