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(9) TOB L4.1 CONNECTIVE TISSUE Flashcards

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What are the three components which make up connective tissue?

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cells, extracellular fibres (elastic, reticular and collagen) and ground substance (Hyaluronate proteoglycan aggregates).

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Give three functions of connective tissue and examples

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Provide a medium for dffusion of nutrients and waste - Blood
Attach muscle to bone and bone to bone - Tendons and Ligaments
Provide substance - Alimentary Canal

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Name two constituents of embryonic connective tissue

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Mesenchyme (gives rise to myriad types connective tissue)

Mucous connective tissue

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Give example of where mucous connective tissue can be found

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Whartons Jelly, in umbilical chord

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Two types of normal connective tissue

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  • Loose connective tissue

* Dense connective tissue (irregular or dense)

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Name four types of specialised connective tissue

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Adipose tissue, blood, cartilage, bone.

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Name three common cells found in connective tissue

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Fibroblasts
Mesenchymal cells
Macrophages

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Function of fibroblasts

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Synthesise collagen, elastic and reticular fibres and ground substance

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Function of Mesenchymal cells

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Undifferntiated cells which differentaite into other cells and maintain exracellular material

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Macrophages

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Ingest foreign, dead or unneeded material.

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What is a macrophage called in the liver?

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Kupfer Cells

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What is a macrophage called in Bone?

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Osteoclast

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What is a fibrocyte

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Mature and less active Fibroblasts

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What is a mast cell? (visitant)

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Release pharmacologically active molecules in response to histamine and heparine.

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What are fat cells? (visitant)

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Store lipids and act as an insulate and shock absorber

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What does the extracellular matrix determine in connective tissue?

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Whether function of connective tissue mechanical or support (loose packing material)

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Which type of collagen is most common, and how much of body protein is made up of it?

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I, 25%

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Where is type II collagen present?

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Hyaline and elastic cartilage

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Where does the synthesis of collagen take place?

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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What is a collagen fibre made up of?

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Collagen fibrils, in triple helix of alpha chains.

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What amino acid is the most common in collagen fibrils and why?

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Glycine appears every third amino acid and allows close association of collagen fibres

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What is responsible for production of collagen fibrils?

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Fibroblasts, secrete procallagen

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What type of collagen is found in reticular fibres?

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Name three places reticular fibres form delicate network?

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Smooth muscle cells, epithelial cells and blood vessels

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Name four places reticular fibres make up structural framework?
LSLB | Liver, Spleens, Lympoid organs, bone marrow
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Why are elastic fibres elastic?
Due to high lysine content
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What is the structure of an elastic fibre?
Elastin surrounded by microfibrils called fibrillin.
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Give three places elastic fibres are structurally important
Dermis, artery walls and sites with elastic cartilage
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What is ground substance?
Gel like matrix in which fibres and cells are embedded
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What three things are ground substance made up?
GAGs, proteoglycans and glycoproteins
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How does GAG form a hydrated gel?
Highly negative, so attracts water
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Define loose connective tissue
Wispy collagen and many fibroblasts separated by ground substance.
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What two cell structures are made up of loose connective tissue?
Walls (septa) and trabeculae (rods)
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Name four types of loose connective tissue and two examples of where found (only one for fat)
Mucous connective tissue Aereolar connective tissue Adipose tissue Reticular tissue
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Where find adipose tissue (LCC) 1
Fat cells connected by loose connective tissue
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Where find mucous connective tissue? 2
Umbilical cord and subdermal connective tissue of embryo
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Where fine aereolar connective tissue? 4
Deep under skin, submucosa,below mesothelium of peritoneum, parenchyma of glands
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Wherwe would you find reticular tissue? 2
Lymphoid tissue and the liver
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Define dense connective tissue
Close packing of fibres with fewer cells and less ground substance
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Two functions of dense connective tissue?
Achieve mechanical support and transmit forces
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Name two types of dense connective tissue
Regular and irregular
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How are fibres arranged in dense regular tissue?
Fibre bundles orientated in parallel to provide maximum tensile strength
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Name two places you could find dense regular connective tissue
Ligaments and tendons
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How are fibres arranged in dense irregular connective tissue
Interwoven bundles of collagen which criss cross each other in many directions. Counteracts multi-directional forces.
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Name three places where dense irregular connective tissues found?
Dermis, dura mater and large septa
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What happens in systemic sclerosis?
all organs have excessive accumulation of collagen (fibrosis)
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Name three places sclerosis occurs in sytemic sclerosis and what happens as a result
Skin, digestive tract, muscles and kidney - hardening and functional impairment
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What are keloids?
Abnormal scars caused by abnormal amounts of collagen
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How does scurvy occur?
Vitamin C defiency causes defective collagen synthesis resulting in degeneration of connective tissue.
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What is the main symptom of scurvy?
Loosening of teeth in sockets and subsequent loss
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What is the cause of Marfans syndrome?
Autosomal dominant inherited genetic disease. Causes defective fibrilin to be produced
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What is the result of defective fibrilin in Marfans syndrome?
Elastic fibres underdeveloped and hyperelastic. Aortic rupture, high blood pressure and dislocation.
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What is the name of the disease which causes defiency in collagen type III causing ruptures in tissues containing high reticullin content?
Ethlers-Danlos Disease

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