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Flashcards in Connective tissue Deck (15)
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1
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What are the indigenous cells of CT

A

mesenchymal, fibroblasts, and adipocytes

2
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What are the immigrant cells of CT

A

macrophages, plasma cells, mast cells, eosinophils, and neutrophils

3
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What do macrophages differentiate from

A

monocytes

4
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what do plasma cells differentiate from

A

B lymphocytes

5
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What is dense regular CT mostly composed of

A

collagen I packed in parallel alignment

6
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what is dense irregular CT mostly composed of

A

collagen I packed randomly

7
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What is characteristic of loose CT

A

ground substance

8
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what is ground substance composed of

A

GAGs, glycoproteins, H2O, and proteoglycans

9
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What cells are present in loose CT

A

leukocyte and fibroblasts

10
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what are fibroblasts produced from

A

mesenchymal cells

11
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Ehler-Danlos syndrome is a set of diseases involving

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procollagen

12
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Cutis laxa involves

A

elastin gene mutation, loose skin

13
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marfan’s syndrome involves

A

defective fibrillin

14
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What are reticular connective tissue composed of and often found in

A

type III collagen and lymph organs

15
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adipocytes are what kind of tissue

A

connective