CONNECTIVE/MUSCLE/NER

VE TISSUE
 MAJOR FUNCTIONS
 SUPPORT
 PROTECTION
 INSULATION
 TRANSPORTATION
 GROUND SUBSTANCE
 UNSTRUCTURED
 FILLS SPACE BETWEEN CELLS
 COMPOSED OF FLUID AND PROTEINS
 Proteoglycans with GAG’s attached
 GAG = glycosaminoglycans
 Trap water to form a semi stiff gel
 FIBERS
 COLLAGEN
 MADE FROM COLLAGEN
 MOST ABUNDANT FIBER IN BODY
 EXTEMELY TOUGH
 DOES NOT STRETCH LONGITUDINALLY
 GLISTENING WHITE LOOK
 CALLED WHITE FIBER
 FIBERS
 ELASTIC
 MADE OF ELASTIN
 RANDOMLY COILED FIBERS THAT ALLOW
STRETCHING
 FOUND WHERE GREATER ELASTICITY IS
NEEDED
 APPEAR YELLOW
 CALLED YELLOW FIBER
 FIBERS
 RETICULAR
 FINE COLLAGEN FIBERS WITH A SLIGHT
CHANGE IN PROTEIN MAKE-UP
 BRANCH AND FORM DELICATE
NETWORKS (RETICUL=NETWORK)
 FOUND AT JUNCTIONS BETWEEN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND OTHER
TISSUES
 CELLS
 CAN BE MATURE AND IMMATURE

 BLASTS = BUD, SPROUT, FORMING

 ACTIVELY MITOTIC
 SECRETE GROUND SUBSTANCE AND FIBERS
 IMMATURE
 CYTES
 MATURE, MAINTAIN THE MATRIX
 CELLS
 FIBROBLAST
 CONNECTIVE TISSUE
 CHONDROBLAST
 CARTILAGE
 OSTEOBLAST
 BONE
 HEMOCYTOBLAST
 BLOOD
 MESENCHYME
 EMBRYONIC TISSUE
 ALL CONNECTIVE TISSUE FORMS
FROM MESENCHYME
MESENCHYME
 AREOLAR
 CONTAINS:
 FIBROBLASTS
 MACROPHAGES
 MAST CELLS
 HISTAMINE - MAKES CAPPILARIES LEAKY
 HEPARIN - ANTICOAGULANT
 SOME WHITE BLOOD CELLS
 COLLAGEN
 ELASTIC FIBERS
 AREOLAR
 FUNCTION:
 WRAPS AND CUSHIONS ORGANS
 PHAGOCYTIZE BACTERIA
 HAS A ROLE IN INFLAMMATION
 HOLDS/CONVEYS TISSUE FLUID
 LOCATION:
 UNDER EPITHELIA
 PACKAGES ORGANS
AREOLAR
 ADIPOSE
 LOCATION:
 UNDER SKIN
 AROUND KIDNEYS AND EYEBALLS
 IN BONES (YELLOW MARROW)
 IN ABDOMEN
 FUNCTION:
 RESERVE FUEL SOURCE
 INSULATES
 SUPPORT AND PROTECT ORGANS
ADIPOSE
 RETICULAR
 NETWORK OF FIBERS
 LOCATION:
 LYMPH NODES
 BONE MARROW
 SPLEEN
 FUNCTION:
 SOFT INTERNAL SKELETON
 SUPPORTS OTHER CELLS
RETICULAR
 DENSE REGULAR
 MAINLY COLLAGEN
 FIBROBLASTS
 LOCATION:
 TENDONS AND MOST LIGAMENTS
 FUNCTION:
 ATTACHES MUSCLES TO BONE, BONE TO
BONE
 GREAT TENSILE STRENGTH
DENSE REGULAR
ELASTIC FIBER
 HYALINE CARTILAGE
 AMORPHOUS MATRIX
 CHONDROCYTES IN LACUNAE
 LOCATION:
 EMBRYONIC SKELETON
 COVERS LONG BONES
 COSTAL CARTILAGE
 NOSE/TRACHEA/LARYNX
 SUPPORTS/CUSHIONS/RESISTS
COMPRESSION
HYALINE CARTILAGE
 FIBROCARTILAGE
 THICK COLLAGEN FIBERS WITH
CHONRDOCYTES
 STRONG WITH ABILITY TO ABSORB
COMPRESSIONAL SHOCK
 LOCATION:
 INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS
 PUBIC SYMPHYSIS
 KNEE JOINT
FIBROCARTILAGE
 ELASTIC CARTILAGE
 SIMILAR TO HYALINE BUT WITH MORE
ELASTIC FIBERS
 MAINTAINS SHAPE WHILE ALLOWING
FOR FLEXIBILITY
 LOCATION:
 EXTERNAL EAR
 EPIGLOTIS
ELASTIC CARTILAGE
 BONE
 HARD, CALCIFIED MATRIX WITH MANY
COLLAGEN FIBERS
 OSTEOCYTES IN LACUNAE
 STORES CALCIUM AND FAT
 MARROW IS SITE OF BLOOD CELL
FORMATION
 WELL VASCULARIZED
BONE
 BLOOD
 EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
 TRANSPORTATION
 NUTRITION
 OXGYEN, CARBON DIOXIDE
 METABOLIC WASTES
 HORMONES
 RED AND WHITE CELLS
 PLASMA
BLOOD
 NERVOUS TISSUE
 NEURONS ARE BRANCHING CELLS
WITH CYTOPLASMIC EXTENSIONS
 TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
 LOCATION:
 BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, AND NERVES
MOTOR END PLATE
NERVE CELL
 CARDIAC MUSCLE
 BRANCHING
 STRIATED
 UNINUCLEATED
 INTERCALATED DISCS
 LOCATION:
 WALLS OF THE HEART
CARDIAC MUSCLE
 SKELETAL MUSCLE
 LONG
 CYLINDRICAL
 MULTINUCLEATED
 STRIATED
 ATTACHED TO BONE (SOMETIMES
SKIN)
SKELETAL MUSCLE
 SMOOTH MUSCLE
 SPINDLE SHAPED
 CENTRAL NUCLEI
 NO STRIATIONS
 LOCATION:
 WALLS OF HOLLOW ORGANS
 INVOLUNTARY CONTROL
SMOOTH MUSCLE