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| Connective tissue is classified into: |
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| proper, special, & adipose tissue |
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| The components of connective tissue are: |
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| cells (fibroblasts/cytes), fibers, and ground substance |
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| support, protection, defense, nutrition & storage, repair & regeneration |
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| The prodominant fiber type in proper CT is: |
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| fibrous tissue (skin, tendon, ligg), bone |
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| hyaline & elastic cartilage |
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| meshwork in liver & hematopoietic organs (reticular) |
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| Proper CT can either be _____ or _____. |
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| Dense CT is classified as either _____ or _____. |
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| loose, random arrangement of thin fibers; abundant ground substance; soft & compliant |
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| found in gut lamina propra, perivascular, surrounding glands, skin |
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| fibroblasts; densely packed fibers; regular & parallel orientation; minimal ground substance |
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| functions to connect muscle to bone; found in tendons & ligg |
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| few fibroblasts; thick, densely packed fibers in random orientation; minimal ground substance |
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| usually covered by epithelium; concentrated where forces from from different directions (skin) |
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| Special CT is different than Proper CT in the: |
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| proportions of cells, fiber types and matrix |
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| The types of special CT are: |
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| reticular, elastic, and mucous |
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| delicate branched fiber network; can't see without routine stains |
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| found in lymphatic/hematopoietic organs (lymph nodes, thymus, spleen), lung, liver |
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| diffcult to see on H&E; function in stretching, elastic recoil, resiliance |
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| found in vessels, external ear, vocal chords, trachea, lung, skin |
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| embryonic type; predominant element = matrix; scarce fibers; low cellularity; non found in mammalian adults, rare in non-mammalian adults |
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| found in comb of chicken, turkey wattles, umbilical cord, subdermal-embryo |
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| rare, heritable condition in which there is a lack of collagen tensile strength, resulting in skin hyperextensibility, joint laxity, skin & vessel fragility and poor wound healing |
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| The resident cells of CT are: |
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| fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells |
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| permanent cells that function in suport and healing & repair; fibroblasts are active in producing fibers and matrix; fibrocytes are inactive and impt in maintenance |
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| Fibroblasts & fibrocytes have a _____ shape with a _______, _______, ______ nucelus. |
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| spindle; oval, elongated, flattened |
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| Macrophages' functions are: |
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| phagocytosis and antigen presentation |
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| Macrophages are ________ and have _______, _______ nuceli and _______ cytoplasms. |
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| round to polygonal; oval/indented, eccentric, pink to foamy |
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| Mast cells are seen in ______ numbers and are associated with ______. |
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| Mast cells function in _____ and are found in the _____, _____, and _____. |
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| hypersensitivity; skin, respiratory tract, GI tract |
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| Mast cells are _____ with a ______, ______ nucleus and ________ cytoplasm. Their cell borders are _____. |
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| "round"; round to oval, central; abundant; distinct |
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| The extracellular matrix is made up of: |
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| ground substance and fibers. |
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| Components of ground substance include: |
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| proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans, and adhesive glycoproteins |
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| Adipose tissue is essentially _____. It can be broken into _____ & ______. |
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| White fat functions mainly in: |
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| energy storage & shock absorption |
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| White fat cells are _____ & ______ with ______, ______ nucleus and ______ cytoplasm filled with _______________. |
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| large & polygonal; eccentric, flattened; scant; a large single lipid droplet |
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| perirenal, interscapular, mediastium |
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| Brown fat cells are ______ with an ______, _______ & ________ nucelus and ________ cytoplasm. |
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| smaller; eccentric, peripheral & "plump"; eosinophilic |
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| Brown fat is brown because of: |
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