Connective Tissue Flashcards

1
Q

What are the two main categories of connective tissue proper

A

Loose
Dense

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2
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What are the three kinds of loose connective tissue

A

Areolar
Adipose
Reticular

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3
Q

What type of connective tissue gets the waste from other cells

A

Connective tissue proper - loose - areolar

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4
Q

What type of loose connective tissue can be described as packing peanuts

A

Areolar tissue

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5
Q

What type of connective tissue has lots of fluid

A

Areolar (loose)

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6
Q

What is the name of the fat tissue

A

Adipose tissue
Connective tissue proper -loose

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7
Q

Is adipose loose or dense tissue

A

Loose

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8
Q

Is adipose tissue avascular or highly vascularized, why

A

Highly vascularized
So that when the nutrients are needed, the blood vessels are right there to grab them

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9
Q

What type of tissue only has reticular fibers

A

Reticular tissue

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10
Q

Is areolar tissue loose or dense

A

Loose

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11
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Is reticular tissue loose or dense

A

Loose

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12
Q

What type of tissue is found in soft organs

A

Reticular tissue

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13
Q

What are the three types of dense tissue

A

Regular
Irregular
Elastic

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14
Q

What type of tissue has closely packed collagen fibers running in the same direction

A

Regular dense tissue

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15
Q

Is regular dense tissue highly vascularized or poorly vascularized

A

poorly

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16
Q

Why is an injury with regular dense tissue such a big deal

A

It does not repair easily, and will never have the same strength it did before

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17
Q

Which type of tissue has thicker bundles of collagen fibers: regular or irregular dense tissue

A

Irregular

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18
Q

Why is irregular dense tissue resistant to stretching in multiple directions

A

The bundles of collagen fibers run in random directions

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19
Q

Elastic conective tissue proper is a similar form of what type of tissue, but containing more of what

A

Dense regular
Elastic fibers

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20
Q

What are the three types of cartilage

A

Hyaline cartilage
Elastic
Fibrocartilage

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21
Q

What type of tissue means glass like

A

Hyaline cartilage

22
Q

What is the most abundant type of cartilage

A

Hyaline

23
Q

What type of cartilage is found in the tip of our noses, and in respiratory passages

A

Hyaline cartilage

24
Q

What is the purpose of hyaline cartilage

A

To support and reinforce

25
Q

What type of cartilage connects the rib and sternum

A

Hyaline cartilage

26
Q

What is lacunae (cartilage) and what lies in there

A

A gap or depression
Chondrocytes

27
Q

Elastic cartilage is similar to what type of cartilage, but with more what

A

Hyaline
Elastic fibers

28
Q

Where would you find elastic cartilage

A

In your ear

29
Q

What is the strongest layer of cartilage

A

Fibrocartilage

30
Q

What type of cartilage is good for areas of high pressure

A

Fibrocartilage

31
Q

What type of cartilage has a similar, but less firm matrix than hylaine

A

FIbrocartilage

32
Q

What type of cartilage absorbs compressive shock very well

A

Fibrocartilage

33
Q

True or false: over time, cartilage can turn to bone

A

True

34
Q

What are the four types of connective tissue

A

Cartilage
Connective tissue proer
Bone
Blood

35
Q

What lies in the lacunae of bone

A

Osteocytes

36
Q

Is bone well or poorly vascularized

A

Very well

37
Q

True or false: Bone has lots of collagen fibers

A

True

38
Q

What type of connective tissue acts as levers for muscles

A

Bone

39
Q

What type of tissue forms the ligaments and tendons

A

Dense regular

40
Q

What type of tissue forms the internal stroma to support and protect other cell types

A

Loose - reticular

41
Q

What type of tissue is found in the lymphoid orgnas

A

Loose- reticular

42
Q

What type of tissue forms the lamina propria of mucus membranes

A

Loose - areolar

43
Q

What is the name of the fat tissue

A

Adipose tissue

44
Q

What type of tissue is important in inflammation

A

Loose- areolar

45
Q

What type of tissue has macrophages and holds tissue fluid

A

Loose -areolar

46
Q

Where can you find adipose tissue

A

In the subcutaneous tissue
Abdomen
Boobs
Kinda everywhere tbh

47
Q

What types of fibers does areolar tissue have

A

All 3 - reticular, collagen and elastic

48
Q

What tissue’s function is to attach muscle to bone

A

Dense Regular

49
Q

What type of tissue forms the fibrous capsules of organs and joints

A

Dense - irregular

50
Q

What type of tissue forms the dermis of the skin

A

Dense - irregular

51
Q

What type of tissue forms the submucoas of the digestive tract

A

Dense - irregular

52
Q

Which has thicker bundles of collagen: dense irregular or dense regular

A

Dense - irregular