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42 Cards in this Set
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matrix
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ground substance// consists of fibers
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resident
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stay put
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wandering
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move in bloodstream
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fibroblasts are the most common:
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resident cells
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fibroblasts are large ______ shaped cells
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star
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fibroblasts produce:
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fibers by secreting into protien surrounding the matrix
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macrophages are ____ cells
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wandering
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macrophages are specialized for:
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phagocytosis
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Macrophages work as:
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scavenger and defensive cells (swallow up dead and bad stuff)
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mast cells are ____ cells located near ______.
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large, blood vessels
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Mast cells release:
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heparin to reduce clotting.
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collagenous fibers
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thick threads containing collagen
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characterists of colagenous fibers:
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flixible, slightly elastic, greatly tensile
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Ex. of collagenous fibers
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tendons
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Elastic fibers are otherwise known as:
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yellow fibbers
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characteristics of elastic fibers:
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very thin, weak, and stretchy
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loose fibrous connective tissue contains:
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fibroblasts sread far apart
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loose fibrous connective tissue is seperated by a:
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gel like matrix(ground substance)
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loose fibrous connective tissue contains
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collagenous and elastic fibers
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loose fibrous connective tissue connects:
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epithelium and underlying tissue to muscles
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dense fibrous connective tissue has many what?
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closely packed thick fibroblasts
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dense fibrous connective tissue contains:
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collagenous and elastic fibers
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dense fibrous connective tissue is ___ strong
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very
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dense fibrous connective tissue has a ____ blood supply
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poor
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adipose tissue (specialized loose fibrous connective tissue) forms when:
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fat droplets collect in cytoplasm of cells
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adipose tissues job is to:
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cushion and store energy
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cartilage provides:
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support, framework, attachments, and protection
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chondrocytes are
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cartilage cells
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chondrocytes chaimbers are called
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lacunae
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cartilage structure is surrounded by a:
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perichondrium(peri=around)(chon=cartilage)
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perichondrium supplies blood to the:
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outside, not the inside
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hyaline cartilage is the _____ common
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most
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fine fibers of hyaline cartilage resemble:
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white plastic
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characteristics of elastic cartilage
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most flexible; i.e. ears
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characteristics of fibro cartilage
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many collagenous fibers, very tough; i.e. vertebrae
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bone matrix made of:
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collagen and mineral salt
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bones are made of many:
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osteons
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at the cneter of an osteon is the:
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osteonic canal providing blood and nutrient supply
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the osteonic canal is surrounded by:
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lamellae
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every lamellae has a ring of ______ found in _____
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osteocytes(bone cells); lacuna
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each osteocyte has extensions called:
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canoliculi
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canoliculi pass nurtients and blood around by:
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crossing over eachother
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