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What is all CT made up of?

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Cells,fibres and ground substance

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What are the 5 functions of CT?

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Extracellular matrix that connects and binds organs and cells within the body
Gives support to the body
Facilitates cellular defence mechanisms
Repair
Provides an avenue for communication and transportation

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How is CT supplied?

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By blood and lymphatic vessels and nerves

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What are the two types of CT?

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Ordinary and special

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What are the three types of ordinary CT?

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Loose, areolar
Dense irregular
Dense regular

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What are the 6 special CT?

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Adipose tissue
Cartilage 
Bone
Dentin
Haematopoeitic tissue
Endothelium
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What makes up the extra cellular matrix?

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Fibres and ground substance

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What type of cells are present in CT?

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Fixed and wanderig

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What type of fibres are present in CT?

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Collagen
Reticular
Elastic

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What is the ground substance of CT?

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Highly hydrated gel
Glycosaminoglycans
proteoglycans
glycoproteins

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What type of cell is a fibroblast and what is its functions?

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fixed

ECM production

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What type of cell is a mesenchymal and what is its functions?

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fixed

CT precursor

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What type of cell is a reticular cell and what is its functions?

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fixed

production of reticular fibres

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What type of cell is an adipocyte and what is its functions?

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fixed

fat storage

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What type of cell is a macrophage and what is its functions?

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wandering

phagocytosis

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What type of cell is a plasma cell and what is its functions?

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wandering

antibody production

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What type of cell is a mast cell and what is its functions?

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Chemical mediators

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What type of cell is a white blood cell and what is its functions?

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wandering

defence

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What is the principle cell of ordinary CT?

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Fibroblast

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What are fibrocytes?

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Quiescent fibroblasts (resting)

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What is the role of collagen?

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Tough
Provides high tensile strength
Stretch resistant
most abundnat protein (25%)

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What is the role of elastic?

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Long thin fibres

allow for stretch and recoil

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What is reticular fibres made from?

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Type III collagen

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What is the role of reticular fibre?

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Branched, thin collagenous fibres

Form and extensive delicate networks

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What is the role of Type I collagen?
Provides tensile strength, 90% of total collagen, dermis, ligaments, tendons, bone, dentin
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What is the role of Type II collagen?
Found in hyaline and elastic cartilage
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What is the role of Type III collagen?
Reticulin
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What is the role of Type IV collagen?
Found in the basal lamina works with type VII
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What is the role of Type VII collagen?
Forms anchoring fibrils works with IV
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What is procollagen?
three individual collagen molecules combine within a cell
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How is tropocollagen formed?
Procollagen is secreted from the cell and proteolytic enzymes cleave propeptides
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What are tropocollagen molecules used for?
align to linear arrays to produce collagen fibrils
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What are collagen fibrils for?
Assemble to form a collagen fibre - covalent cross-linking occurs
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What is a collagen bundle?
Collagen fibres cominh together to form a a pink wavy structure (collagen bundles)
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What is the main component of elastic fibres?
Elastin
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What is the elastin core made up of?
Fibrils made up of the glyco protein fribrillin
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What is the role of the ground substance?
Resists compressive forces on the matrix - provides mechanical strength Functions as a molecular sieve through which nutrients, metabolites and hormones diffuse between blood capillaries and cells
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What are glyosaminoglycans (GAG)?
Unbranched polysaccharide chains composed of repeating disaccharide units
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What is the role of GAGs?
Maintains tissue architecture - rigidity and turgor provides structural integrity to cells and provides passageways between cells allowing for cell migration.
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What is a proteoglycan molecule?
A GAG bound to a protein core
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Give 4 examples of GAGs
Hyaluronic acid- wound healing Keratan sulphate- bone and cartilage and cornea Chondroitin sulphate- bone and cartilage and heart valves Heparin Sulphate - basal lamina
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What does areolar mean?
Open space
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What is the role of dense irregular CT?
Adapted to offer resistance & protection withstands tensions in different directions Predominance of collagen fibres which run haphazardly
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What is the role of dense regular CT?
Offer resistance in one direction or plane Provide maximum tensile strength Predominant collagen aligned to stress resist
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What is the role of loose areolar CT?
holds structures in place | provides a packing framework for organ suppport
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Whats is loose areolar CT made up of?
Collagen and fibroblasts abundance of ground substance
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Where is loose areolar CT located?
below epithelia forms the lamina propria of a mucosa surrounds capillaries
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What is dense irreagular CT made up of ?
collagen fibres densely packed and irregularly arranged | smaller proportion of Ground substance
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Where is Dense irregular CT located?
Dermis Submucosa of digestive tract Periosteum & perichondrium Fibrous capsules of organs
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Where is Dense regular CT located?
Ligaments (Bone to bone) Tendons (bone to muscle) Aponeuroses
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What adipose tissue composed of?
Adipocytes
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What are adipocytes?
Fat cells - individual lipid droplet surrounded by thin layer of cytoplasm and nucleus
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What is the function of adipose tissue?
Energy store, cushions, insulation | Metabolism or brown fat produces heat in the newborn
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Where is adipose tissue found?
Under skin around kidneys within the abdomen breasts
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Where is the origin of CT?
Mesoderm

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