Anatomy Ch 3 Connective Tissues

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Connective Tissues

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3 main components; Specializes Cells, Extracellular protein fibers and Extracellular ground substance in CT there is more matrix then cells

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Connective Tissues

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3 types: Fluid Connective tissue, Supporting, and Connective tissue Proper

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Connective Tissue

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4 main types: Blood, Cartilage, Bone and Connective Tissue Proper

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Fibroblasts

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synthesize extracellular fiber & part of ground substance

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Fibrocytes

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maintain the fibers and ground substance

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adipocytes

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fat cells, energy storage

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Fixed macrophages

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defensive cells, signal the wandering cells

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Free machrophages

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mobile phagocytes

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Lymphocytes

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Like free machrophages but also can become plasmocytes & make antibodies

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Neutrophils

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eat bacteria

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eosinophils

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eat anything labeled with antibodies

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Mast Cells

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Stimulate local inflammation

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Collegan Fibers

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long unbranched fibers made up of 3 protein subunits wound together

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Reticular Fibers

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highly branched fibers of some proteins as collegan, not as strong but resists multi-directional forces

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Elastic Fibers

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branching and wavy fibers containing protein elastin

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2 types of connective tissue proper

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Loose and Dense

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Loose Connective Tissue

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Few fibers, mostly ground substance & cells, the space filling packaging material of the body

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Dense Connective Tissue

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mostly fibers (mainly collagen), little ground substance, hold us together; makes up ligaments, tendons and some other stuff

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Aerolar

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fairly open; mostly ground substance; every cell & fiber type - Flexible & resilient; returns to its normal shape, underlines most epithelia

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Adipose

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Fat cells

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Reticular Tissue

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Fairly open has abundant fibers, forms the main structure of many structures; found in liver and kidneys

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Elastic Connective tissue

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Elastic fibers, Fibers are bundled & aligned in one direction, found where strength and stretchability are needed;walls of arteries and between ligaments

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Dense Irregular

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collagen fibers dominate, fibers run in many directions, found where tension comes from multiple directions; dermis, muscle sheaths, organ capsules

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Membranes

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A sheet of epithelium with a layer of connective tissue underneath, membranes cover other structures

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Mucous Membrane

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wet membranes with a connective to the exterior

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Serous Membranes

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line the ventral body cavity

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Cutaneous Membrane

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the skin, a thick, dry, water, resistant membrane

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Synovial Membrane

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line some joint capsules

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Fluid Connective Tissue

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Blood matrix are formed elements, plasma is watery & contains many proteins, formed elements RBC and WBC and platelets

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Supporting Connective tissue

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Cartilage and Bone, Provides structural frame of the body, few cells, many fibers, dense and ground substance

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Chondroblasts

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form from mesenchymal cells or fibroblasts, they secrete matrix

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Matrix

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is a firm gel of sugary protein made of chondrotin sulfates

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Hyaline Cartilage

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most common type, occurs in/on;articular surfaces of joints (cushion & reduces friction), respritory tract (nose & larynx), rib cage

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Elastic Cartilage

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many elastic fibers, flexible & resilient, occurs in/on pinna (external ear), epiglottis

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Fibrous Connective Tissue

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many collagen fibers, little ground substance very tough, resists compression - Occurs in/on, Intervertebral discs, Menisci of knee joint

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Bone (osseous)

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formed and maintained by osteoblasts & osteocytes

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Muscle Tissue

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4 types - skeletal, cardiac, smooth, and neural

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Skeletal Muscle

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straited voluntary muscle, specialized with many nuclei

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Cardiac Muscle

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Heart only, strations, branchings & intercalated discs, pacemaker cells, involuntary muscle

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Smooth Muscle

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digestive, respritory, and vascular systems - no striations, pacesetter cells, nonstraiated involuntary muscle

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Neural Muscle

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specialized for conducting electrical impulses, consists of 2 cell types; neurons and neuroglia