AP Test Review 3

Loose arrangements of collengenous and elastic fibers

Areolar tissue

What type of connective tissue loosely binds epithelial tissue to deeper tissues- and surrounds blood vessels

Areolar tissue

Where is Areolar tissue found

Fascia between muscles

What connective tissue is a network of reticular fibers, reticular cells, and fibroblasts

Reticular tissue

Where is reticular found

Lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, bone marrow

Types of dense connective tissue ?

Dense regular, dense irregular

Which dense connective tissue contains Collogen fibers and fibroblasts

Dense regular connective tissue

What connective tissue had little ground substance and few blood vessels

Regular dense

Wher do you find dense regular connective tissue?

Tendons , ligaments, vocal cords, arteries

What dense connective tissue has densely packed Collogen found deeper in dermis ?

Dense irregular connective tissue

What connective tissue is capsules of internal organs?

Dense irregular connective tissue

Where do you find dense irregular connective tissue?

Cartilages, bones, and nerves

Adipocytes contain a _____

Triglyceride (Fat)

The function of adipose tissue is

Energy storage, Thermal insulation, anchors/cushions organs

What supportive connective tissue is with a rubbery matrix ?

Cartilage

What cells do you find in cartilage ?

Chondrocytes

Where do you find cartilage ?

Ear, tip of nose, larynx

What does cartilage not have ?

It’s own blood supply

Nutrition and waste removal are dependent on ?

Diffusion through the matrix

Difference in 3 cartilage fiber types are?

Hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, fibrocartilage

If cartilage is injured it heals slowly that means it has low rates of what?

Metabolism and cell division

What cartilage has glassy matrix and dispersed collagen fibers?

Hyaline cartilage

Where is hyaline cartilage found ?

Ends of long bones

Rings around trachea

Bronchi

Fetal skeleton

Where is elastic cartilage found ?

External ear and epiglottis

What are two types of tissue in skin?

Epithelium and CT

Two layers skin are

Superficial epidermis (epi above)

Deeper dermis

What are the cells in skin packed with tough keratin that are a strong connection?

Demosomes