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Collagen dibera |
Predominant fibers found in connective tissue |
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Type 1 collagen found where? |
Found in dermis of skin, tendon, ligament, fibrocartilage, bone, and fascia. |
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Type 1 collagen forms and functions? |
90% of collagen in the body. Functions to Resist tension and stretching. |
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Type 2 collagen found where? |
Hyaline and elastic cartilage. |
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Type 2 cartilage function? |
Resist tensile strain when cartilage is compressed. |
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Fibroblasts releases collagen where? |
Connective tissue proper |
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Chrondoblasts and chrondocytes releases collagen where? |
Cartilage |
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Osteoblasts releases collagen where? |
In bone |
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Smooth muscle cells releases collagen where? |
Blood vessels and some organs. |
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Fibroblasts shape is |
Long spindle shaped cells |
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Fibers: loose areolar connective tissue |
Few loosely arranged collagen fibers, few reticular and elastic fibers |
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Cells: loose areolar connective tissue |
Fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, macrophages, plasma cells, mast cells, neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and fat cells |
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Locations: loose areolar connective tissue |
Superficial fascia, epimysium, papillary layers of the derms, and tunica adventia around blood vessels |
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Fibers: dense irregular connective tissue |
Densely packed collagen bundles arranged in many different directions, some elastic fibers |
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Cells: dense irregular connective tissue |
Few fibroblasts, macrophages |
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Locations: dense irregular connective tissue |
Reticular layer of the dermis, periosteum, perichondrium, joint capsules, capsules around organs, and epineurium |
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Fibers: dense regular connective tissue |
Many densely packed collagen bundles arranged in parallel rows running in the same direction |
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Cells: dense regular connective tissue |
Few fibroblasts |
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Locations: dense regular connective tissue |
Tendons, ligaments, fascia, and aponeuroses |
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Fibers: elastic connective tissue |
An abundance of elastic fibers interwoven among collagen fibers |
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Cells: elastic connective tissue |
Fibroblasts |
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Locations: elastic connective tissue |
Ligamentum flavum, Ligamentum nuchae in quadrapeds, wall of large elastic arteries, and vocal ligaments of larynx |
