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37 Cards in this Set
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The type and arrangement of extracellular fibers will dictate what?
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The strength, permeability, and function of a connective tissue.
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Which CT has relatively few fibers, primarily type I collagen, and more ground substance?
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Loose (areolar) CT
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How are the fibers of Loose CT compared to Dense CT?
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Loose is more cellular (more cells and less extracellular matric)
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Which tissue surrounds blood and lymph vessels and glands and lies under the lamina propria?
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Loose CT
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Which CT is permeable to oxygen, water, and other molecules?
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Loose CT
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Which CT include cells of the immune system that fight off foreign material that breach the epithelial barrier?
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Loose CT
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Which CT contain type I collagen?
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Loose, Dense irregular, and Dense regular?
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Which CT has extracellular fibers that form thick,irregular, and eosinophilic bundles?
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Dense irregular CT
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Which CT has cells that are sparse?
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Dense irregular CT
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Which CT is found in organs and tissues that are normally subjected to stresses from varying directions?
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Dense irregular CT
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The dermis of the skin and the submucosa (layer in the walls of hollow organs such as intestine) contain what type of CT?
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Dense irregular CT
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Which CT has densely packed, parallel, eosinophilic bundles?
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Dense regular CT
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Cells of CT are called?
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Fibroblasts
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What type of CT is found in ligaments, tendons, and aponeurosis?
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Dense regular CT
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What CT is type III collagen?
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Reticular tissue
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What CT is too thin/mesh-like to be seen in H&E sections?
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Reticular tissue
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Silver stains, which stain tissue brown or black, is used to stain what type of CT?
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Reticular tissue
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Which CT provides structural support (stroma) for many organs that are not part of the alimentary canal (liver, kidney, and lymph)?
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Reticular Tissues
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Which CT has a mesh-like pattern that permits passage of cells and other material through the organ?
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Reticular Tissue
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Tissues that are refractile (appear white) in H&E?
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Elastic Tissues
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Which tissue stain with eosin, but not as well as collagen fibers?
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Elastic Tissue
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How are the fibroblasts arranged in elastic tissues than the dense regular CT?
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More randomly arranged
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Nuchal ligament or ligaments in which elasticity is important is made from what CT?
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Elastic
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What tissue is present in muscular and elastic arteries?
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Elastic lamellae
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What tissues are thin sheets interspersed with smooth muscle?
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Elastic lamellae
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What tissue is synthesized by smooth muscles (no fibroblasts needed)?
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Elastic lamellae
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Large aggregation of adipocytes are referred to as?
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Adipose tissue
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What structure has a thin rim of cytoplasm surrounding a large, unstained lipid droplet. The nucleus is at the perimeter, giving the cell a "signet ring" appearance
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Adipose tissue
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Which cells synthesize the fibers and ground substance of CT?
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Fibroblasts
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What cells store neutral fats and produce hormones and have an unilocular (signet ring appearance)
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Adipocytes
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What are the immune cells?
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Mast, Macrophages, Lymphocytes, Plasma, and White Blood Cells
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What cell has cytoplasm that is filled with granules with contain mediators (such as histamines)
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Mast cells
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What cell does phagocytosis and is an antigen-presenting cell?
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Macrophages
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Which cell requires special preparation in order to distinguish it in LM sections?
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Macrophages
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What cell has a high nucleus to cytoplasm ratio and is basophilic?
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Lymphocytes
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Which cell has condensed chromatin, large golgi near nucleus (unstained region), and basophilic cytoplasm
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Plasma cells
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Neutrophils and eosinophils are what type of cells?
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White Blood Cells
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