Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
characteristic: cells near the apical surface are different than those that are attached
|
polarity (ET)
|
|
unstructured material that fills the space in between cells and fibers
|
ground substance
|
|
characteristic: forms continuous sheets; many tight jxns and desmosomes
|
specialized contacts
|
|
produces the matrix and fibers surrounding them
|
cells in tissue
|
|
kind of tissue made of sheets of cells
|
epithelial
|
|
accessory cells
|
- wbc
- plasma cells - fat cells - mast cells - macrophages |
|
characteristic: supplied by nerve fibers but lacks blood vessels
|
innervated but avascular (ET)
|
|
all have degrees of ---?
|
vascularity
|
|
characteristic: acts to filter substances and for reinforcement
|
basement membrane
|
|
function of C.T.?
|
- boundary
- support - protection - insulation - transportation |
|
characteristic: composed of almost entirely closely packed cells
|
cellularity
|
|
5 types of C.T.
|
- embryonic
- connective tissue proper - cartilage - bone - blood |
|
provides support; part of matrix
|
fibers
|
|
each tissue has a fundamental --- type
|
cell
|
|
made of interstitial fluid, cell adhesion proteins, proteoglycans (sp?) - stiffeners
|
ground substance
|
|
main fxn: hold fluid, ct like a molecular sieve
|
ground substance
|
|
stretchy fibers
|
elastic fibers
|
|
extremely tough, provides tensile strength
|
collagen fibers
|