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Monahan
Connective Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the extracellular fluid (ECF) in connective tissue called? | matrix |
| what is found within the matrix of connective tissue? | fibers and ground substance |
| what embryonic tissue forms or specializes into all connective tissues? | mesenchyme or mesenchymal tissue |
| what does the -blast ending mean about a cell? | the cell is active producing more cells, fibers, and ground substance |
| what does the -cyte ending mean about a cell? | the cell is not mitotic but still alive, like a retired person |
| what cell type is found within connective tissue proper? | fibrocytes or fibroblasts |
| what cell type is found within cartilage tissue? | chondrocytes or chondroblasts |
| what cell type is found within bone tissue? | osteocytes or osteoblasts |
| what does chondr- mean? | cartilage |
| what does osteo- mean? | bone |
| what fiber type is known as white fibers? | collagenous |
| what fiber type is known as yellow fibers? | elastic |
| what fiber type is the strongest? | collagenous |
| what fiber type is the weakest? | reticular |
| what fiber type stains pink and is found in thick, long bundles? | collagenous |
| what fiber type stains purple and is resilient to stretching? | elastic |
| what fiber type is too thin and fine to be seen on your slides? | reticular |
| collagenous fibers are made of what type of protein? | collagen |
| elastic fibers are made of what type of protein? | elastin |
| reticular fibers are made of what type of protein? | collagen |
| the difference between connective tissues is determined by which two factors? | cell type and fiber type |
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