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Connective tissue
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Question | Answer |
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What is the origin of connective tissue? | Mesodermal origin |
The most abundant animal tissue is? | Connective tissue |
What are the three types of connective tissues? | Proper CT, Supportive CT and Fluid CT |
Cells of proper connective tissue? | Fibroblast, mast cells, plasma cells, histocytes |
Functions of fibroblast cells? | Secrete fibre and matrix |
Which is the cell only found in proper connective tissue? | Mast cell |
Mast cell is a modified? | Basophil |
Function of Mast cell? | Secretes Heparin, Histamine and Serotonin |
Function of Heparin? | Anti-coagulant |
Function of Histamin? | Vaso-dilator, to show allergic reaction or inflammation |
Function of Serotonin? | Vaso-constrictor |
Plasma cells are also called? | Cartwheel cells |
Plasma cells are modified? | Lymphocytes |
Function of plasma cells? | Secrete antibodies |
Histocyte is also known as? | Macrophage |
Function of Histocyte/ Macrophage?/ | Engulf foreign materials/ bacteria |
The matrix of proper CT is formed of? | Mucopolysaccharide + water |
Fibres found in proper CT are? | Collagen fibre, Elastic fibre and Reticulate fibre |
Which is the thickest fibre? | Collagen fibre |
Collagen fibres are? (structure and colour) | Parallel and unbranched, white in colour |
Elastic fibres are? (structure and colour) | Branched, yellow in colour |
What is the thinnest fibre? | Reticulate fibre |
Protein found in reticulate fibre? | Reticulin |
Reticulate fibres are? (structure and colour) | Network, colourless |
Types of proper connective tissue? | Loose matric CT and dense matrix CT |
Areolar tissue is also known as? | Packing tissue --> packs/connects skin and muscle |
Types of loose proper connective tissue are? | Areolar tissue and Adipose tissue |
Adipose tissues are modified? | Areolar tissue |
Which extra cell is present in Adipose tissue? | Adipocytes--> fat secreting cell |
Brown adipocytes are due to? | Increased no. of mitochondria |
Brown adipose tissues (BAT) are found mostly in? | Newborns |
Adipose tissues make up? | Subcutaneous fat--> fat just below the skin. it is thicker in females |
Types of dense matrix proper connective tissue? | Fibrous, Elastic, Reticular, Pigmented |
Types of fibrous dense matrix proper connective tissue? | white fibrous, tendon, ligament |
Fibre found in suture joints of skull bone is? | White fibrous |
Fibre found in Sclera? | White fibrous |
Fibre found in perichondrium? | White fibrous |
Tendon is a thin bundle of? | Collagen fibres |
Ligament is a this bundle of? | Collagen and elastic fibres |
Function of Tendon? | Connects bone to muscle |
Function of Ligament? | Connects bone to bone |
Fibre found in Lungs? | Elastic dense matrix |
Fibre found in liver and spleen? | Reticular dense matrix |
Fibre found in Iris? | Pigmented dense matrix |
Types of supportive connective tissue? | Cartilage and bone |
Protein present in cartilage? | Chondrin |
Cells present in cartilage? | Chondrocytes |
Cells present in bone? | Osteocyte |
Protein present in bone? | Ossin |
Fibres present in cartilage? | Collagen and Elastic fibres |
Bone forming cell is called? | Oesteoblast |
Bone destroying cell is called? | Oesteoclast |
The process of formation of cartilage is known as? | Chondrofication/ Chondrogenesis |
The process of formation of bones is known as? | Oesteogenesis/ Oesteopoesis/ Ossification |
Cartilage is vascular or avascular? | Avascular |
Bone is vascular or avascular? | Vascular |
Endoskeleton of embryo, cyclostoma, cartilaginous fish is made up of? | Cartilage |
Which cartilage is also known as gristle? | Hyaline cartilage |
Which cartilage is found in internasal septum, trachea, endoskeleton of cyclostomata and cartilagenous fish? | Hyaline cartilage |
Calcified cartilage are hyaline cartilage coated with? | CaCO3 |
Cartilage found in suprascapula of pectoral girdle? | Calcified cartilage |
Perichondrium is absent in which cartilage? | Fibro cartilage |
Which is the strongest cartilage? | Fibro cartilage |
Cartilage found in intervertebral discs? | Fibro cartilage |
Which fibres are mostly present in fibro cartilage? | Collagen fibre |
Which fibres are mostly present in elastic cartilage? | Elastin fibre |
Cartilage found in pinna, epiglottis, tip of nose and part of tunica media is? | Elastic cartilage |
Bone cancer? | Oesteoma |
Hardness in bone is due to? | Hydroxyopetite |
Haversian(longitudinal) canal is present in? | Bone |
Function of Volkmann's(transverse) canal? | Joins 2 Haversian canals |
Haversian canal is present only in which vertebrate? | Mammals |
Function of canaliculi? | It connects oesteocytes |
Yellow bone marrow is found in? | Diaphysis of bone |
Red bone marrow is found in? | Epiphysis of bone |
What is the function of yellow bone marrow? | storage of fat |
What is the function of red bone marrow? | Formation of blood cells |
Skeletal muscle is also know as? | Striated, striped, voluntary muscle |
Location of skeletal muscle? | Attached to the bones, abdominal wall, upper part of oesophagus, tongue |
Structure of Skeletal muscle? | Cylindrical, multinucleated, striated |
Skeletal muscles get fatigued due to? | Accumulation of Lactic acid |
In sarcomere, thin filaments are? | Light bands- Actin, troponin, tropomyosin |