Connective Tissue

Question 0

Locations of connective tissue

Answer 0

In and around organs
Beneath the skin
Tendons 
Ligaments 
Cartilage 
Bone
Fat
Blood

Question 1

What 3 components comprise all connective tissue

Answer 1

Cells
Fibers
Ground substance ( sold semi solid or fluid)

Question 2

Loose Adipose connective tissue is

Answer 2

Fat

Made of cells called adipocytes, Is a Loose connective tissue
Used for shock absorption, stores energy, isolation, various depositories.

Question 3

Locations of loose areolar ct

Answer 3

Around nerves
Around blood vessels 
Around muscles
Around organs
Beneath the skin

Question 4

Location for Loose adipose connective tissue

Answer 4

Surrounding the kidney , pericardial and abdominopelvic cavities

And subcutaneous layer

Question 5

Loose Areolar connective tissue

Answer 5

Most common and least complex and specialized ct.

Has collagen and elastic fibers and abundant distribution of blood vessels

Question 6

Dense regular ct

Answer 6

Unidirectional tensile strength

Densely packed, parallel collagen fibers

Attaches muscle to bone & bone to bone, resists stress applied. In one direction.

Found in tendons and ligaments

Question 7

Dense irregular ct

Answer 7

Multidirectional strength

collagen fibers randomly arranged & clumped together.

Found in the dermis of the skin.
Periosteum covering the bone .
perichondrium covering cartilage. Organ capsules.

Question 8

Name 3 fiber types found in connective tissue?

Answer 8

Collagen fibers
Elastic fibers
Reticular fibers

Question 9

What are Collagen fibers?

Answer 9

• Found in ct
• long fibers
• unbranched extracellular fibers composed of protein collagen
• strong flexible and resistant to stretching.

Question 10

What are elastic fibers?

Answer 10

• Contain the protein elastin
• thinner than collagen
• stretch branch and rejoin.
• wavy

Question 11

What are reticular fibers?

Answer 11

• thinner than collagen fibers
• protein submits are coated with glycoprotein( protein with carbohydrate attached)
• branching interwoven framework
• tough but flexible

Question 12

Hyaline cartilage

Answer 12

Most common
Semi solid
Found in fetal skeleton joints
Found on ala of the nose and larynx

Question 13

Where do you find hyaline cartilage

Answer 13

Ala wings of the nose,

Fetal skeleton, joints, larynx

Question 14

Chondrocytes

Answer 14

Mature cartilage cells are in small spaces called Lacune

Question 15

Fibrocartilage found in

Answer 15

Spinal discs
Knee joints
Punic symphysis

*Parallel collagen fibers in matrix

Question 16

Elastic cartilage found in?

Answer 16

External ear & epiglottis larynx

• contains abundant elastic fibers
  Weblike mesh around lacunae

Question 17

Lacunae

Answer 17

Space with in extracellular matrix

Question 18

Blood

Answer 18

Type of connective tissue

Consists of fluid matrix
RBC’s & WBC’s and fiber = clot

Question 19

Where is blood found

Answer 19

Fluid of matrix
Rbc’s and wbc’s
Fibers =clots

Question 20

3 muscle tissues?

Answer 20

Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac

Question 21

Skeletal muscle tissue also called

Answer 21

Voluntary

Question 22

Smooth muscle tissue also called

Answer 22

Involuntary = visceral

Question 23

Cardiac muscle tissue also called

Answer 23

Heart

Question 24

Three muscle tissue types have 1 capability

Answer 24

Contractions can not push

Question 25

Skeletal muscle is?

Answer 25

``` Peripheral multi nuclei Prominent strait ions Long fiber cells Voluntary Usually attached to bone ``` ** looks like tire tracks***

Question 26

Cardiac muscle is

Answer 26

``` Central nuclei Prominent fibers Intercalated discs Only found in heart ** looks like hardwood floor ** ```

Question 27

Where is the cardiac muscle found

Answer 27

Heart

Question 28

Smooth muscle is

Answer 28

``` Central nuclei No strait ions Short spindle shaped non branching cells Found in. Internal organs ``` ** looks like maggots***

Question 29

Skeletal muscle found in

Answer 29

Attached to bone

Question 30

Smooth muscle found

Answer 30

Internal organs

Question 31

The neuron is what type of tisse

Answer 31

Nervous tissue

Question 32

What are 2 neuron types

Answer 32

Neuron excitable / carries info Glial cells / non excitable supportive cells

Question 33

What capability does excitable have

Answer 33

Transmit impulse

Question 34

Osseous ( bone )

Answer 34

Type of CT Makes up mass of body structures ( bones) Solid and provides support

Question 35

What does the the neuron made of

Answer 35

Axon / long stick Cell body / circle Dendrites trees

Question 36

Ct functions

Answer 36

``` Binding & support Energy storage Shock absorption Calcium storage Wound healing O2 transport ```

Question 37

Ct locations

Answer 37

Cells Protein fibers (collagenous -elastic -reticular) Ground substance ( matrix ) background material