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connective tissue
all about connective tissue
Question | Answer |
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Connective Tissue | Supports, binds, forms, framework of body |
connective tissue classifications | Circulating Connective tissue Generalized connective tissue Structural connective tissue |
Generalized Connective Tissue | widely distributed, not specified |
Areolar Tissue | Loose Connective tissue,Soft Jelly like matrix, Most common type of under connective tissue, in membranes, around vessels and organs, under skin |
Adipose Tissue | Loose connective tissue stores fat..insulation, padding energy reserve |
irregular dense connective tissue | Fibers not organized tough capsules around kidney's, liver and some glands |
Dense | Many fibers, made by fibroblasts |
Regular Dense Connective tissue | Fibers in parallel alignment, mostly collagenous fibers, can pull in one direction, tendond, ligaments |
Elastic Connective Tissue | Fibers can stretch and return to shape, Dense. Vocal cords, respatory pathways, wall of blood vessels. |
Structural connective Tissue | Associated with skeleton. Cartilage, bone tissue |
cartilage | Structural material, provides reinforcement, shock absorber |
cartilage types | Hyaline, fibro, elastic |
Hyaline Cartilage | covers ends of bone |
Fibro Cartilage | In certain joints |
Elastic Cartilage | in outer ear, larnx |
bone | Matrix (background material) Contains mineral salts. |
bone cells | osteoblasts, osteocytes |
Osteoblasts | produce bone |
Osteocytes | mature bone |