1 Connective Tissues Flashcards by Pineapple Marmelade

Four types of tissue:

[__________]

Epithelial

Muscle

Nervous

(fill in the blank)

Connective

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Four types of tissue:

Connective

[__________]

Muscle

Nervous

(fill in the blank)

Epithelial

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Four types of tissue:

Connective

Epithelial

[______]

Nervous

(fill in the blank)

Muscle

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Four types of tissue:

Connective

Epithelial

Muscle

[_______]

(fill in the blank)

Nervous

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Connective tissues are considered highly vascular, with the exception of what?

Cartilage

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What is the most abundant type of tissue in the body?

Connective tissue

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Connective tissues generally have much or little intercellular matrix?

Much

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Connective tissues derive from embryologic:

Ectoderm

Mesoderm

Endoderm

Mesoderm

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Connective tissues responsible for the storage and metabolism of fat are called:

Adipocytes

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[__________] is a type of connective tissue composed mainly of ground substance with few cells or fibres.

Mesenchyme

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Mast cells, macrophages and white blood cells derive from what?

Mesenchyme

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Functions of Connective Tissue:

[____________]

Storage of metabolites

Immune and inflammatory responses

Tissue repair

_{(fill in the blank)}

Support (stroma)

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Functions of Connective Tissue:

Support (Stroma)

[____________]

Immune and inflammatory responses

Tissue repair

_{(fill in the blank)}

Storage of metabolites

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Functions of Connective Tissue:

Support (Stroma)

Storage of metabolites

[_______________]

Tissue repair

_{(fill in the blank)}

Immune and inflammatory responses

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Functions of Connective Tissue:

Support (Stroma)

Storage of metabolites

Immune and inflammatory responses

[____________]

_{(fill in the blank)}

Tissue repair

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Mesenchyme differentiates in to the following four materials:

[____]

Cartilage

Connective Tissue

Adipose Tissue

_{(Fill in the blank)}

Bone

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Mesenchyme differentiates in to the following four materials:

Bone

[_________]

Connective Tissue

Adipose Tissue

_{<em>(Fill in the blank)</em>}

Cartilage

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Mesenchyme differentiates in to the following four materials:

Bone

Cartilage

[______________]

Adipose Tissue

_{(Fill in the blank)}

Connective tissue

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Mesenchyme differentiates in to the following four materials:

Bone

Cartilage

Connective Tissue

[__________]

_{(Fill in the blank)}

Adipose tissue

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A sarcoma is a malignant cancer of what type of cell?

Mesenchymal cells

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Cancer of mesenchymal cells is known as:

Sarcoma

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morphology of mesenchyme is charachterised by:

Prominent ground substance

Loose aggregate of Reticular fibrils & unspecialised cells

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what are the most common cells of connective tissue?

Fibroblasts

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Fibroblasts secrete the follwing three components of ground substance:

[___________]

Proteoglycans

Glycoproteins

_{(Fill in the blank)}

Glycosaminoglycans

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Fibroblasts secrete the follwing three components of ground substance: Glycosaminoglycans [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_] Glycoproteins *_{(Fill in the blank)}*

Proteoglycans

Fibroblasts secrete the follwing three components of ground substance: Glycosaminoglycans Proteoglycans [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_] *_{(Fill in the blank)}*

Glycoproteins

"Inactive mesenchymal cells" best describes **fibroblasts** *or* **fibrocytes**?

Fibrocytes

What is the term used to describe a bloodborne cell able to leave the blood, enter tissues and become a fibroblast?

Fibrocyte

What type of cells are present in wounds that are fast closing?

Myofibroblasts

What are Haematopoietic cells?

Cells which form all blood cell types

What is haematopoiesis?

The formation of cellular components of blood

Where would Wharton's Jelly be found?

The umbilical cord, from 3 months onwards

How do proteoglycans and glycoproteins lend strength and rigidity to the extracellular matrix?

By trapping water molecules

The three main protein fibres are: [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_] Reticular Elastic *_{(fill in the blank)}*

Collagen

The three main protein fibres are: Collagen [\_\_\_\_\_\_] Elastic *_{(fill in the blank)}*

Reticular

The three main protein fibres are: Collagen Reticular [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_] *_{(fill in the blank)}*

Elastic

What is the most abundant protein in the body?

Collagenous protein

Cirrhosis of the liver is associated with increased deposition of what type of collagen?

Skin, tendons, vasculature, organs and bone comprise of what type of collagen?

Type I

Cartilage is comprised of which type of collagen?

Type II

Reticular fibres found supporting structures made from type I collagen are comprised of what type of collagen?

Type III

Tha basal lamina (Basement Membrane) is formed from what type of collagen?

Type IV

Collagen of what type is found in cell surface, the hair and placenta?

Type V

What type of collagen is found in the structures of the glomeruli and alveoli affected by Goodpasture's Disease?

Type IV

Increased glomerular and mesangial deposition of collagen IV may result in what condition?

Diabetic Nephropathy

Keloid scars feature abnormally large amounts of what collagen type?

Type I

Are keloid scars more prevalent amongst pigmented ethnic groups, or among caucasians?

Pigmented ethnic groups

Blue-grey sclera, barrel chest and bowing of the long bones are a sign of what genetic collagen disease?

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Vitamin C is Important in avoiding scurvy for what reason?

Modified amino acids (derived from vit. C) crosslink and stabilize collagens

A patient with hyperflexible limb joints due to defective collagen production suffers from what disease?

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Protein fibres which appear yellow under the light microscope are called:

Elastin

Marfan syndrome is a dysregulation of **collagen**, *or* **fibrillin**?

Fibrillin

What respiratory issue is associated with marfan syndrome?

Spontaneous pneumothorax

The three primary glycoproteins are: [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_] Laminin Chodronectin *_{(Fill in the blank)}*

Fibronectin

The three primary glycoproteins are: Fibronectin [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_} Chodronectin *_{(Fill in the blank)}*

Laminin

The three primary glycoproteins are: Fibronectin Laminin [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_] *_{(Fill in the blank)}*

Chondronectin

Collagen fibres are connected to cell membranes by which structural glycoprotein?

Fibronectin

what transmembrane receptors are responsible for bridging the membrane to the extracellular matrix?

Intergrins

Malignant cells are prevented from invading deeper tissues by what structure?

Basement membrane

What is angiogenesis?

Sprouting of new blood vessels

What are the two types of adipose tissue?

White & Brown

Highly specialised fat found in newborns and hibernating animals is classified as **white** *or* **brown**?

Brown

what are the two main types of fibrous connective tissues in the body?

Collagen, Elastin

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