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Elastic Fibers
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Yellow fibers made of protein elastin, but also of fibrillin
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Collagenous fibers
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-White fibers made of Collagen
-sometimes said to be made of reticular fibers |
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Collagen
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-major body proteins consisting of 3 intertwined amino acid chains
-every 3rd amino acid is a glycine |
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Two types of fibers are...
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1. collagenous fibers
2. elastic fibers |
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Specialized cells
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-found in cartilage and bone
-include chondrocytes and osteocytes |
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Neutrophils
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phagocytic white cells that migrate out of blood stream and move into infected area
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white blood cells
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-numbers increase during inflammation caused by infection from bacteria
-Neutrophils are one example |
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mast cells
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cytoplasm is full of granules that contain histamine, heparin and prtoeases
-produce substances that signal other cells, leukotrines and protaglandins |
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macrophages
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-derived from blood cells called monocytes
-the phagocytize cellular debris and bacteria -important int he inflammatroy response |
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fibroblast
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cell that produces fibers
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