Connective Tissue

Question 1

What is the only avascular connective tissue?

Answer 1

Cartilage

Question 2

Types of Loose connective (connective proper)

Answer 2

Areolar, Adipose

Question 3

Characteristics of Loose connective

Answer 3

Large intercellular space, most abundant, surrounds and cushions organs, and Nucleus and cytoplasm pushed to the side of the cell by large fat droplet

Question 4

Loose connective location-Adipose

Answer 4

subcutaneous layer of the skin and surrounding all body organs and the eyeballs.

Question 5

Loose connective location- Aerolar

Answer 5

underlines most layers of epithelium binds skin to underlying muscles and fills space between muscles

Question 7

Dense connective description

Answer 7

Dense fibrous connective tissue is composed of a tightly packed matrix of collagen fibers and fibroblasts that are either regularly or irregularly arranged.

Question 8

Dense connective- Irregular Arrangement description

Answer 8

Occurs in sheets found where multi-directional tensions are encountered

Question 9

Dense connective- Irregular Arrangement location

Answer 9

Lower layer of the skin (Dermis) White layer of the eyeball

Question 10

Dense Connective- Regular arrangement description

Answer 10

Fibers are arranged in orderly parallel fashion Adapted for tension in one direction

Question 11

Dense connective- Regular arrangement location

Answer 11

Tendons which bind muscle to bone, and Ligaments- ligaments bind to bone

Question 12

Supportive Connective- types

Answer 12

Cartilage and bone

Question 13

characteristics of cartilage

Answer 13

Avascular, can withstand tremendous forces, Extremely dense network of collagen and elastic fibers firmly embedded in a jelly-like intercellular ground substance.

Question 14

Chondrocytes

Answer 14

mature cartilage cells

Question 15

Perichondrium

Answer 15

dense connective tissue covering that surrounds the surface of cartilage

Question 16

Cartilage tissue types

Answer 16

Hyaline, Fibrocartilage, elastic cartilage

Question 17

Hyaline description and location

Answer 17

Covers ends of long bones, reduces friction at joints, forms costal cartilage at ends of ribs, makes up most of the embryonic skeleton, makes up nose and ribs.

Question 18

Fibrocartilage description and location

Answer 18

Main role is shock absorption- location: intervertebral disks, public symphysis, menisci of knee

Question 19

Elastic cartilage description and location

Answer 19

Structural, provides strength, rigidity, and maintains shape of some organs. Location- larynx, ear, trachea, auditory tubes, and epiglottis

Question 20

Bone or Osseous tissue characteristics

Answer 20

Maintained by specialized cells: osteoblasts which build up bone tissue, osteocyte, osteoclast

Question 21

Function of bone or osseous tissue

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Structure of the body, movement, storage of minerals, production of all blood cells, protectin

Question 22

Classification of bone or osseous tissue

Answer 22

Spongy bone, compact bone

Question 23

Erythrocytes

Answer 23

red blood cells

Question 24

Leukocytes

Answer 24

white blood cells

Question 25

Thrombocytes

Answer 25

platelets

Question 26

Why is blood considered a connective tissue

Answer 26

It helps support tissues and connects them together since it’s in every system