Test Two Flashcards
What are the functions of connective tissue?
Binding of organs, support, physical protection, immune protection, movement, storage, heat production, and transport.
What is the difference between FCT and the other connective tissues (cartilage, bone, blood)?
most diverse type
What are the cell types found in FCT?
fibroblasts, macrophages, leukocytes, plasma cells, mast cells, and adipocytes
What are the fiber types found in FCT?
collagenous fibers, reticular fibers, and elastic fiber
What is the most common protein fiber in the body?
a
What is the ground substance in FCT?
occupies the space between cells and fibers and usually has a gelatinous consistency because of proteoglycans and glycoproteins.
What is the difference between loose and dense FCT?
in loose connective tissue, much of the space is occupied by ground substance.
in dense connective tissue, fiber occupies more space than cells and ground substance.
What are the two types of loose FCT?
Areolar
Reticular
What are the two types of dense FCT?
dense regular connective tissue and Dense irregular connective tissue
What are fibroblasts, chondroblasts, and osteoblasts?
Fibroblasts produce fibers and ground substance
Chondroblasts produce matrix and surround
themselves until they become trapped in little cavities (lacunae)
What is the difference between cartilage and other types of connective tissue?
a
What is the strongest type of cartilage?
Fibrocartilage
What is the most elastic type of cartilage?
Elastic cartilage
What are the two types of bone?
compact and spongy
Where will you find each type?
Spongy bone fills the heads of long bones and forms the middle layer of flat bones such as the sternum.
Compact (dense) bone is a calcified tissue with no spaces visible to the naked eye; spongy bone, when present, is always covered by compact bone.
What is the function of a Haversain canal?
blood vessels and nerves travel through the canals.
What are lamellae?
Onionlike layers around each central canal
What is an osteon?
central canal and its surrounding lamellae
What is an osteocyte?
mature bone cells that occupy the
lacunae
How does it get nutrients if it is entrapped in solid calcium crystal matrix?
a
What is the perioseum?
tough fibrous connective tissue covering of the bone as a whole
What are the formed elements of blood?
plasma as the ground substance, and cells and cell fragments called formed elements.
What is the ground substance of blood?
plasma
What is the three parts of a neuron? What are their functions?
axon- sends outgoing signals to other cells neurosoma- Houses nucleus and other organelles, cell’s center of genetic control and protein synthesis dendrite- Receive signals from other cells, transmit messages to neurosoma
What are neuroglia?
protect and assist neurons, housekeepers of nervous system
What are the different functions of neuroglia and neurons?
a
What are the three types of muscle cells?
skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle
Where will you find each type of muscle cells?
skeletal- most attach to bone
cardiac- heart
smooth- digestive tract
How are each type of muscle cells shaped?
skeletal- Long, threadlike cells called muscle fibers
cardiac- shorter, branched, and notched at
ends
smooth- Relatively short, fusiform cells (thick in middle, tapered at ends)
What are the three types of intercellular junctions?
Tight Junctions, desmosomes, gap Junctions
What is an intercalated disc?
Provide electrical and mechanical connection
What is a gland?
cell or organ that secretes substances
for use elsewhere in the body or releases them
for elimination from the body
What are the two types of glands based on destination of secretions?
Endocrine and Exocrine Glands
What are the three types of secreted material?
a
What are the two methods of secretion?
a
What is the difference between secretion and excretion?
a
What are membranes?
a
What is the diffrerence between cutaneous, mucous, and serous membranes?
a
What is the difference between hypertrophy and hyperplasia?
trophy- makes cells bigger
plasia- add more cells
How are hypertrophy and hyperplasia similar?
promote cell growth
What is the difference between atrophy, necrosis, and apoptosis?
atrophy- shrinkage of a tissue through a loss in cell
size or number
necrosis- premature, pathological death of tissue due to trauma, toxins, or infections
apoptosis- programmed cell death
How are atrophy, necrosis, and apoptosis similar?
cell death
What is the difference between regeneration and fibrosis?
replacement of dead or damaged cells
by the same type of cell as before
replacement of damaged cells with scar
tissue
How are regeneration and fibrosis similar?
cell repair
What are the parts of the integumentary system?
Consists of the skin and its accessory organs; hair, nails, and cutaneous glands
What are the funtions of the skin?
thermoregulation, communication, sensation, vitamin d synthesis, resists infection and trauma, barrier to h2o and radiation (uv)
What is the difference between skin types? (thin/thick)
thick- on palms and sole, and corresponding
surfaces on fingers and toes, has sweat glands, but no hair follicles or sebaceous (oil) glands, Epidermis 0.5 mm thick
thin- covers rest of the body, epidermis about 0.1 mm thick, possesses hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands
What are the 2 layers of the skin?
dermis and epidermis
What is the hypodermis?
– Subcutaneous tissue – More areolar and adipose than dermis – Pads body – Binds skin to underlying tissues
What occurs in those layers and what tissues will you find there?
a
What pigments color the skin and hair?
melanin
What are the skin functions?
a
What is horripilation?
goosebumbs
What cells make up hair?
hard keratin
What are the piloerector muscles?
a
What do hair and nails grow similar to skin?
a
How does follicle shape affect hair growth?
a straight hair is round, a wavy hair is oval, a tightly curly hair is relatively flat
What are the funtions of hair?
a
What are the three types of hair on humans?
lanugo, vellus, terminal
What are the three sections of hair?
bulb, root, shaft