Fluid CT
What is the ground substance of blood
Liquid ground substance (plasma)
Erythrocytes, leukocytes ,lymphocytes, and platelets.
What is lymph?
interstitial fluid in lymphatic vessels
what type of CT protects bone?
Periosteum (dense irregular CT)
what does inertial growth mean?
growth from within
Vascular
Which blood cells carry oxygen?
Erythocytes
where is lymph found?
lymphatic vessels
What are bone cells called?
Osteocytes
what des appositional growth mean?
growth on the outside
What makes blood a fluid CT?
it grounds substance is liquid
What are leukocytes?
white blood cells
what is one major function of lymph?
immune/immunological function
where are osteocytes located?
Lacunae
what are the tiny channels connecting osteocytes called?
canalculi
Name the specialized cell types found in blood
Leukocytes, Platelets, Erythrocytes, Lymphocytes
What are lymphocytes?
A type of leukocytes involved in immunity
what happens to lymph eventually?
returns to the blood
what makes bone's ground substance very firm?
mineralized osteoid
which type of growth happens from within
interstitial
What is plasma
The liquid ground substance
What are platelets involved in?
Blood clotting
why is lymph important to the immune system?
helps with immune defense
what does mineralized osteoid contain?
calcium (ca2+) salts
which type of growth happens on the outside?
appositional