| Question |
Answer |
| Consists of fibers, cells, ground substance, and matrix |
Connective Tissue |
| These are the 3 main types of connective tissue fibers |
Collagen, reticular, and elastic |
| Contains proteoglycans, hyaluronic acid, and fibronectin |
Ground substance |
| Made of type 3 collagen and visualized using silver salts |
Reticular fibers |
| Contain elastin and are responsible for the stretchiness of artery walls and lungs |
Elastic fibers
|
| These are native connective tissue cells |
Fibroblasts, adipocytes, and mesenchymal cells |
| These are immigrant connective tissue cells |
Macrophages, mast cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and leukcytes |
| These cells synthesize the procollagen, elastin, and proteoglycans that make up the ground substance |
fibroblasts |
| Type(s) of collagen made by fibroblasts |
1 and 3 |
| Type(s) of collagen made by chondrocytes |
2 |
| These cells have their nucleus flattened against the plasma membrane and make leptin |
Adipose cells |
| These are the pluripotent cells that are precursors to fibroblasts and adipose cells |
Mesenchymal cells |
| These cells are filled with basophilic granules containing heparin, histamine, tryptase, and chymase |
Mast cells |
| You can recognize these cells by their clock-face nucleus |
Plasma cells |
| A form of loose connective tissue with type 3 collagen fibers that surrounds the functional units of epithelial organs |
Reticular connective tissue |
| Tendons belong to this type of connective tissue |
Regular dense connective tissue |
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