Connective Tissue Proper

• The looseness or the denseness of the connective tissues refer to the amount of what?

  collagen
• Loose (areolar) is located beneath the what?

  epithelial lining
• cells, fibers, and ground substance in Loose (AREOLAR) is in roughly equal parts
• What is the MOST NUMEROUS CELLS in loose areolar?

  Fibroblasts
• What is the predominating protein in Loose (areolar)?

  Collagen
• What is the location of the deep irregular?

  deep dermis
• Which type of connective tissue resist STRETCHING and return to original shape?

  Dense Irregular
• This type have COLLAGEN I as its most abundant component?

  Dense regular
• Location of dense regular?

  tendons, aponeuroses, and ligaments
• Dense regular: densely packed with collagen fibers separated by very little ground substances and having very few blood vessels.
• Dense regular are closely packed in order to take up the WEAR AND TEAR of bodily movements.
• LABEL:

  A) Dense irregular

  
• LABEL:

  A) Dense regular

  
• Label:

  A) Loose areolar

  
• What is the principal component of FETAL UMBILICAL CORD?

  Mucoid
• Mucoid is also known as what?

  Wharton's jelly
• Mucoid has an ABUNDANT GROUND SUBSTANCE composed chiefly of what?

  Hyaluronan
• Mucoid: gelatinous with sparse collagen fibers and scattered fibroblast
• label:

  A) wharton's jelly