CONNECTIVE TISSUES

Question 1

○ has the capacity to stretch and recoil
○ rubber-like protein

Answer 1

★ elastin

Question 2

○ forming mesh-like structures such as in the spleen
○ shape the tissue

Answer 2

★ reticular fibers

Question 3

○ strongest and the thickest among the three fibers

Answer 3

★ collagen fibers

Question 4

CONNECTIVE TISSUE FUNCTIONS

Answer 4

1. Structure and Support
2. Binding and Connecting
3. Transportation
4. Immune Response
5. Cushioning and Shock Absorption
6. Repair and Healing

Question 5

★ bone to bone

Answer 5

ligaments

Question 6

★ bone to muscles

Answer 6

tendons

Question 7

★ muscles to muscles

Answer 7

fascia

Question 8

prevent the collision of joints and bones;
absorb shock

Answer 8

cartilage

Question 9

○ excess skin

Answer 9

keloid

Question 10

★ viscous
★ has collagen and elastic protein fibers
★ highly vascularized
★ contains different cells

Answer 10

AREOLAR

Question 11

○ produce fibers for extracellular matrix
○ contains collagen fibers - strength and structure
○ elastin fibers

Answer 11

★ fibroblast cell

Question 12

★ globlets
★ highly vascularized
★ made of adipocytes

Answer 12

ADIPOSE

Question 13

○ fat cells
○ in the form of triglycerides (our body)
○ stores energy
○ contains oils that insulate the body parts and serve
as an energy reservoir

Answer 13

adipocytes

Question 14

★ helps with vascularity
★ deliver nutrients, hormone, oxygen to adipose tissue

Answer 14

ADIPOSE

Question 15

★ for energy storage

Answer 15

white adipose tissue

Question 16

★ ○ produces heat thermogenesis

Answer 16

brown adipose tissue

Question 17

★ branching networks
★ scaffold organs
○ bones, lymph nodes, spleen
★ produces fibers
★ framework
★ sakura-like

Answer 17

RETICULAR

Question 18

★ parallel pattern of collagen
★ collagen fibers
★ tightly packed collagen fibers
★ avascularized
★ tendons and ligaments

Answer 18

REGULAR

Question 19

★ collagen fibers - for strength
★ skin, dermis, coverings of bones (periosteum)

Answer 19

IRREGULAR

Question 20

★ no collagen fiber
★ has elastic fibers
★ has fibroblasts - maintain elastic fibers
★ can be seen on the trachea, vocal chords, walls of some
arteries

Answer 20

ELASTIC

Question 21

★ simply as cartilage
★ avascularized
○ when injured, it may never recover or take a long
time

Answer 21

HYALINE

Question 22

★ glassy, translucent appearance
★ has gel-like matrix
★ maintain the support of various structures
★ trachea, bronchi, nose, skeleton of fetus, larynx, and
joints

Answer 22

HYALINE

Question 23

★ has characteristics of a dense CT and cartilage
★ contains collagen
★ intervertebral disc

Answer 23

FIBROCARTILAGE

Question 24

○ middle of the spine
○ cushion and shock absorber

Answer 24

★ intervertebral disc

Question 25

○ shock absorber of knee

Answer 25

★ meniscus of the knee

Question 26

★ high content of elastic fibers ○ flexible, elastic compared to other cartilage ★ high degree of cartilage ★ collagen fibers ★ external of the ear ★ epiglottis

Answer 26

ELASTIC CARTILAGE

Question 27

★ more solid, less flexible ★ vascularize

Answer 27

BONE

Question 28

★ dense, hard bone ★ seen on the outer layer of the bones

Answer 28

COMPACT

Question 29

COMPACT is formed from a mineralized collagen fiber

Answer 29

hydroxyapatite

Question 30

○ made of calcium phosphate ○ gives hardness to bones

Answer 30

hydroxyapatite

Question 31

★ cell of bones

Answer 31

osteocytes

Question 32

★ ○ ring-like structure ○ where haversian canal is formed

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osteon / haversian system

Question 33

★ ○ nerves and blood vessels ○ center

Answer 33

central canal / haversian canal

Question 34

★ sponge, porous-look ★ latis look ★ interior layer of the bone ★ good blood supply ★ plays a role on hematopoiesis ★ absorbs shocks

Answer 34

SPONGY

Question 35

○ produces RBC ○ sa butas-butas

Answer 35

★ bone marrow

Question 36

hematopoiesis

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○ formation of our blood ○ blood - circulate oxygen, carbon dioxide all throughout our body

Question 37

★ 55% plasma ★ transport nutrients, fight pathogens

Answer 37

BLOOD

Question 38

○ rare type of disease ○ usually happens when a blood clot in the deep veins in your leg breaks o￾ and travels to your lungs/heart? ○ happens more often with women - taking pills ○ the blood thickens which causes blood clot ○ inject steroid for like a week, expensive

Answer 38

★ pulmonary embolism

Question 39

★ transportation of nutrients and gasses throughout the body

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RED BLOOD CELLS / ERYTHROCYTES

Question 40

★ protects our body from foreign invaders

Answer 40

WHITE BLOOD CELLS / LEUKOCYTES

Question 41

★ blood clotting

Answer 41

PLATELETS

Question 42

★ clear color ★ where WBC flows ★ transports lymphocytes - fights pathogenic bodies ★ bukol - nilalabanan ng lymph nodes ang infection, namamaga ang lymph nodes

Answer 42

LYMPH

Question 43

fights pathogenic bodies

Answer 43

lymphocytes