Histology Flashcards
(48 cards)
what is an organized community of cells with varying extracellular substances?
tissues
what are the 4 classes of tissues in the human body?
nervous, muscle, epithelial, and connective tissue
function and location of nervous tissue?
function: internal communication
location: brain, spinal cord, nerves
function and location of muscle tissue?
function: contracts to cause movement
location: bones (skeletal), heart (cardiac), and walls of hollow organs (smooth)
function and location of epithelial tissue?
function: form boundaries between different environments, protects, secretes, absorbs
location: line digestive tract organs/hollow organs and skin surface
function and location of connective tissue?
function: supports, protects, binds other tissues together
location: bones, tendons, and fats/soft padding tissue
connective tissue provides ______, ______, ______,
physical form, consistency, and cushioning
what are the 2 types of connective tissue?
loose and dense
what are the 2 supporting connective tissue?
cartilage and bone
what are the 3 types of cartilage?
hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage
fluid connective tissue
blood and lymph
connective tissue proper is comprised of what?
various cells (sparse) ground substance (watery gel) fibers (made of structural proteins)
fibroblasts
secrete fibers (collagen, reticular, and elastic fibers) into extracellular matrix
extracellular matrix is made up of what?
ground substance and fibers
dense connective tissue has more ______ and less ______.
more fibers and less ground substance
loose connective tissue has more _______ and less _______.
more ground substance and less fibers
what are examples of loose connective tissue?
areolar, reticular, elastic, and adipose
what are examples of dense (regular) connective tissue?
tendons
what are examples of dense (irregular) connective tissue?
dermis
dense regular connective tissue
densely packed
parallel bundles of collagen fibers-
provide tensile strength
dense irregular connective tissue
irregular bundles of densely packed collagen fibers
strong in all directions
properties of cartilage?
firm, resilient, shock-absorber, and reduces friction between bones
chondroblasts
secrete matrix with collagen and elastic fibers
chondrocytes
mature cells located in cavities called lacunae