Ex 2 Flashcards
What component of CT determines the type of tissue and its functions?
Fibrous components
What are the two components of CT?
Cells & ECM
What are the components of ECM?
- Fibrillar: fibrous component
- Interfibrillar: Ground substance (PG & GAG)
- Water
What kind of CT does the following?
- multidirectional fiber orientation
- made up of collagen and elastic fibers
- allows for a lot of motion
Components of loose irregular CT
Where is loose (irregular) CT found?
between muscle, nerves, vessels and superficial fascia
Components of dense irregular CT
- fibers are arranged in layers
- many fibers, few cells
- good to resist tension
Where is dense irregular CT located?
in muscle, nerve sheaths, joint capsule, and dermis
Components of adipose tissue (also irregular CT)
- fat cells encased in fibrous tissue
- good for shock absorption and maintaining structural barriers
Where is adipose tissue located?
bone marrow and subcutaneous tissue
Components of regular CT
- primarily made of collagen fibers
- organized into bundles
resist tension forces applied parallel to the fiber orientation
Where is regular CT located?
tendons, ligaments, deep fascia/aponeuroses
What are the 4 resident cells in CT?
Fibroblasts
Chondroblasts: primary cartilage cell
Osteoblasts: primary bone cell
Mesenchymal (Stem cells)
What are the circulating cells?
Lymphocytes
Macrophages
Functions of fibroblasts?
- produces ECM
- important for wound repair
- creates bond to collagen fibers
- always around
Lymphocytes function?
- increase in number after tissue is injured
- only come at certain times - originates in bone marrow and is passed to the tissue via the lymphatic system
Macrophages function?
- responsible for phagocytosis
- immunologic
- usually fixed to fibers, but will circulate in response to inflammation
Functions of mesenchymal (stem) cells? Location?
- primitive, undifferentiated cell which means they become whatever is needed
- precursor to chondrocytes, osteocytes, etc.
- located along blood vessels
What are fibers?
proteins that provide the supporting framework to tissue
What cell creates the ECM?
Fibroblasts
What is tropocollagen molecule?
developed from an alpha procollagen (polypeptide) chain and twisted into a triple helix
The tropocollagen molecule is synthesized through the endoplasmic reticulum of _________
Fibroblasts
Tropocollagen molecules attract to one another forming a _______. These then form a fascicle and the fascicles coming to form a single fiber.
Fibril
What cells make collagen fibers?
fibroblasts!!!
- no healthy fibroblasts, no healthy CT
What is Type I collagen?
most widely distributed throughout body
- more tensile