CONNECTIVE TISSUES

Cards (18)

  • cushions organs & lines epithelia
    loose/areolar
  • has fibers & macrophages
    loose/areolar
  • the extracellular material present in connective tissue
    matrix
  • found in tendons & ligaments
    dense
  • parallel to one another
    dense
  • lacks visible fibers
    hyaline
  • similar to hyaline but has elastic fibers
    elastic
  • very dense& thick collagen fibers
    fibrocartilage
  • has calcium salts in the matrix
    bone
  • what is present in the lacunae found in the bone
    osteocytes
  • concentric rings in ____
    osteon
  • two more very recognizable tissues
    blood and adipose
  • has embryonic tissues
    blood
  • most abundant in blood
    erythrocytes/RBC
  • also found in blood
    leukocytes/WBC
  • stores lipids (fats)
    adipose
  • five (5) subtypes of connective tissues
    loose, dense, cartilage, bone, blood and adipose
  • types of cartilage
    hyaline, elastic, fibrocartilage