unit 2 connective tissue Flashcards
Consistency and blood supply of connective tissues?
Consistency varies: liquid, gel or solid
Good nerve + blood supply except in cartilage + tendons
where is the connective tissue derived from?
-adudant + widely spread
➢ Derived from MESENCHYME
FUNCTIONS of connective tissue (6)
Bind, support, repair + strengthen other tissues
➢ Protect + insulate internal organs
➢ Compartmentalise structures (muscles)
➢ Transport (blood)
➢ Storage:-energy reserves (adipose tissue)
-water + electrolytes in extracellular matrix
➢ Immune response
CELLULAR COMPONENTS (2)
➢ RESIDENT: -immature (blasts), mature (cyte)
➢ TRANSITORY: -Leucocytes, Macrophages, Mast cells, Plasma cells
Resident component= 1. MESENCHYMAL CELLS (3)
- pluripotent+ undifferentiated
- star like shape, exist during embryonic stages
- form dentine forming odontoblasts, pulp, periodontal ligament
Resident component=2. FIBROBLASTS (2)
- large flat cells star shaped, principal active cells of connective tissue
- produce fibres (collagen + elastic + ground
substance)
Resident component= 3.FIBROCYTES
- mature cells trapped within extracellular matrix + maintain connective tissue
Resident component= 4. MYOFIBROBLASTS
- modified fibroblasts, secrete collagen + contract, abundant in healing areas + periodontal ligament, participate formation of root of teeth
Resident component= 5. ADIPOCYTES
extra
OSTEOBLASTS/ CYTES
CHONDROBLASTS /CYTES
- Form adipose tissue.
- Each adipocyte is surrounded by net of reticular fibres.
- store triglycerides.
- find them beneath the skin and around internal organs such as heart and kidneys.
- Function: protection,
white + brown adipose tissue
white= energy store
thermoregulation =(brown adipose tissue).
TRANSITORY CELLS (5)
– Macrophages – Plasma cells – Mast cells – Neutrophils – Eosinophils ORIGIN: pluripotent cells in bone marrow
transitory cell origin?
pluripotent cells in bone marrow
extracellular matrix (2)
all good at resisting force
- collagen
- elastic
- reticular
- ground substance
collagen = compoisiton, function + location
–Composition: collagen I proteins.
–Function: provide strength and resistance to tension.+ Allow tissue flexibility.
–Location: bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments.
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Reticular = composition, function + location
–Composition: fine collagen fibrils (collagen III and glycoproteins).
–Function: support in blood+ lymphatic vessel walls. + network around cells such as adipocytes, nervous fibres, smooth/skeletal muscle fibres.
Location- Found in basement membrane
Elastic = composition, function + location
-Composition: elastin + fibrillin.
–Function: strength and elasticity.
–Location: skin, blood vessel walls, lungs.