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| What are the three major forms of connective tissue? |
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| What are the four major types of connective tissue? |
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Mesenchyme - Embryonic
Loose - Irregular
Dense - Irregular and Regular
Specialized - Bone, blood, etc |
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| Regarding fiber to cell ratio, what is the ratio for areolar? |
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Definition
| It has more cells than collogen fibers. It includes fibroblasts, macrophages, mast, cells, and plasma cells |
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| What are the identifying features of a fibroblast? |
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Definition
| Spindle shaped cells with an oblong cigar-shaped nucleus that is roughly in the center. |
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| What do fibroblasts synthesize? |
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| Collagen. It's synthesized as procollagen which is extruded as tropocollagen. |
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| What are the identifying features of a macrophage under the light microscope? |
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| They are large, irregular shaped cells with granules and/or vacuoles in their cytoplasm. they also have large irregular nuclei. |
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| What are the two populations of mast cells? |
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1) Mucosal Mast cells in loose CT
2) CT proper mast cells |
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| What are the largest fixed cells of CT? |
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| From where do mast cells arise? |
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| What are the distinguishing features of a plasma cell under the light microscope? |
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Definition
| Acentric nucleus with a 'clock face' appearance. There is sometimes a lightly staining area that represents the golgi. |
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| What are the distinguishing features of a lymphocyte under the light microscope? |
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Definition
| Small cell that is almost entirely nucleus |
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| What are the distinguishing features of an eosinophil under the light microscope? |
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| They stain red and have a lobulated nucleus. |
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| What forms the axis of glycosaminoglycans? |
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| What is the purpose of hyaluronan in the extracellular matrix? |
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| What attaches to hyaluronan? |
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| Core proteins attach via a linker protein. |
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| What is referred to as "Ground substance" |
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Definition
| they consist of proteoglycans, glycoproteins (like fibronectin and laminin) and glycoaminoglycans. |
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| What is the distinguishing feature of reticular CT? |
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Definition
| It is a dense irregular CT with reticular fibers. they are long, dark fibers, and they are found in lymphoid tissue. |
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| What forms most joint capsules? |
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| What tissue makes up tendons and ligaments? |
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