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Module 1I - A&P
Introduction to the Human Body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| connective tissue | most abundant of the four tissue types and widely distributed through out the body |
| found in blood, under skin, in bone, and around many organs | |
| connects or binds together parts of the body, also supports, protection, fat storage, and transport of substances | |
| most has good blood supply (ligaments and tendons and cartilage do not) | |
| intercellular matrix | located outside the cell; can be liquid like blood, gel-like fat, or hard like bone |
| fibers | protein, collagen, elastin and reticular fibers |
| types of connective tissue | loose connective, dense fibrous connective, cartilage, bone, blood, lymph |
| loose connective | areolar,adipose, reticular |
| dense fibrous connective | tendon, ligaments |
| cartilage | hyaline,fibrocartilage, elastic cartilagechondrocytes |
| bone | skeleton |
| blood | throughout the body |
| lymph | throughout the body |
| fascia | covers muscle, blood vessels, and nerves |
| bone | osseous tissue |
| blood and lymph | liquid connective tissue |
| nervous tissue | makes up the brain, spinal cord, and nervestwo types of cells: neurons and neuroglia |
| neurons | three parts; dendrites, cell body, axon |
| neuroglia | glia support and take care of neurons |
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