Connective Tissue

Question 1

fibroblast

Answer 1

primarily secretes collagen and other fibers

Question 2

fibrocyte

Answer 2

maintains fibrous matrix in which it is embedded

Question 3

chondroblast

Answer 3

secretes chondroitin sulfate

Question 4

chondrocyte

Answer 4

maintains the chondroitin sulfate matrix in which it is embedded

Question 5

osteoblast

Answer 5

secretes bone matrix

Question 6

osteocyte

Answer 6

maintains bone matrix in which it is embedded

Question 7

osteoclast

Answer 7

destroys bone matrix, releasing calcium salts

Question 8

Spongy Bone Location

Answer 8

epiphyses

Question 9

Compact bone Location

Answer 9

wall of diaphysis

Question 10

Connective Tissue Functions

Answer 10

Physically supports other tissues, binds other tissues, provides framework, opposes gravity, create body contours, specialized tissue

Question 11

Components of CT

Answer 11

Cells, Protein Fibers, Amorphous non-cellular material

Question 12

CT Prefixes

Answer 12

Chondro: Cartilage
Osteo: Bone
Fibro: Fibers

Question 13

CT Suffixes

Answer 13

Blast
Cyte
Clast

Question 14

Embryonic CT

Answer 14

aka Wharton’s Jelly

Composed of collagen and elastic fibers

Question 15

Loose CT

Answer 15

Areolar
High Ratio of fibroblasts
Found beneath epithelial tissues of most organs
Contains fibroblasts, mast cells, macrophages, and capillaries

Question 16

Dense Regular CT

Answer 16

High Ratio of fibrous components
Thicker bundles of collagen
Highly ordered bundles of collagen separated by fibroblasts
Found in tendons & ligaments

Question 17

Special CT

Answer 17

Adipose
Hematopoietic
Cartilage
Bone

Question 18

Adipose Types

Answer 18

White Fat

Brown Fat

Question 19

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) four groups

Answer 19

Hyaluronic Acid-Largest, no sulfate group
Heparin & Heparan Sulfate-basement membrane, skin, lung, liver, blood vessels, mast cell granules
Chondroitin sulfate & dermatan sulfate- cartilage, bone, skin, blood vessels, heart valves, cornea
Keratan Sulfate- Type 1 in cornea, Type 2 in cartilage and intervertebral disks

Question 20

Glycoproteins

Answer 20

Chondronectin

Laminin

Question 21

Cartilage Characteristics

Answer 21

Perichondrium

Avascular: slow to heal

Question 22

Cartilage Types

Answer 22

Hyaline: Ear, Nose, Movable Joint surfaces
Elastic: parts of larynx
Fibrocartilage: Less movable joints and intervertebral discs

Question 23

Bone Characteristics

Answer 23

Based on Canalicular system
Highly vascular
Continuously resorbed, reconstructed, and remodeled
Formed by osteoblasts which become Osteocytes

Question 24

Bone Types

Answer 24

Woven Bone
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone