connects body tisssues and is most abundant and widely distributed of the tissue types, found everywhere in the body
What is connective tissue?
100
Bone tissue
What is osseous tissue?
100
found where a strucure with elasticity is desired--give an example
Triple Points
What is elastic cartilage---- THE EAR?
100
these connective tissus are softer, have more cells and fewer fibers
double points
What are loose connective tissues?
100
tissues that form the subcutaneous tissuebeneath the skin, insulates ths body form temperature extremes and protecht some organs(kidneys surrounded by a capsule of fat)
double points
What is adipose tissue?
200
connective tissue is well vascularized except for ___ & ____
What are tendons and ligaments?
200
Double points--Type of connective tissue that is more flexible thatn bone and found only in a few places in the body
What is cartliage ?
200
type of tissue that has fibroblasts and forms tendons and ligaments
What is dense connective tissue(dense fibrous tissue)?
200
most widely distributed connective tissue in the body, soft, pliable, cobwebby, cushions and protects the body organs, acts as a glue to hold internal organs in their proper places, holds water
What ae areolar tissues?
200
location of fat deposits in the body- double points
What are hips, breats and cushioning of eyeballs in their sockets
300
Cartilage is lacking blood supply or ?
Double Points
What is avascular?
300
most abundant collagen fibers hidden by a rubbery matrix with a glassy blue white appearance, most abundant type cartilage in the body
What is hyaline cartliage?
300
occurs when the body is inflammed, the areolar tissue in the area soaks up excess fluid like a sponge, area swells and becomes puffy, large number of phagocytes are found
Double Points
What is edema?
300
vascular tissue, consists of blood cells surrounded by a fluid called blood plasma-
What is blood(connective tissue)?
400
nonliving substance found outside of cells and composed of diferent types of cells
What is extracellular matrix?
400
forms skelton of the human fetus and is eventually replaced by bone
What is hyaline cartilage?
400
a. attach skeletal muscles to bones
b. connect bones to bones at joints
What are a. tendons b. ligaments?
400
loose connective tissues that are composed basically of fat, contain droplets of stored oil and compress the nucleus of the cell
What is adipose tissue?
400
soluble proteins that are visible during blood clotting
What are blood fibers?
500
primary functions of connective tissue
What is protecting, binding and supporting?
500
forms cushion like disks between the vertebrae of the spinal column
What is fibrocartilage?
500
dense connective tissue composes the lower layers of the skin or ____
What is the dermis?
500
fat cells that contain a bugling nucleus
What are signet cells?
500
transport vehicle for cardiovascular system, carries nutrients, wastes, respiratory gases and other substances