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Areolar
This tissue contains all three types of fibers
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Fibrocartilage
Pubic symphysis
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Collagen
Protein in white fibers
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Blood, connective tissue proper, and the supporting tissues of cartilage and bone
What are the several varieties of connective tissue?
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It is composed primarily of protein fibers, special cells, and a ground substance.
What is connective tissue proper composed of?
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Elastic cartilage
The most flexible of the supporting tissue
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Reticular
Basal lamina
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Goblet cell
What cell secretes mucous?
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They serve to connect, support and bind body structures together.
What is the job of connective tissue?
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Collagenous/white fibers, reticular, and elastic/yellow fibers
What are the three basic types of fibers
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Bone tissue
What is Matrix impregnated with calcium and phosphorus salts?
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Elastic cartilage
Epiglottis
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Matrix
What is the space between fibroblasts?
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viscous matrix many cells of several varieties, and a loose, irregular arrangement of fibers.
How is loose connective tissue characterized?
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In the connective tissue stroma of organs that must yield to shape changes.
Where can elastic fibers be commonly found?
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All types of cartilage
This tissue is devoid of a blood supply.
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Dense irregular
Tendon Sheaths
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Osteon
What is the synonym for the Haversian system?
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Macrophages engulf bacteria, cell debris, and other foreign matter.
What is the job of macrophages?
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Relatively long, thick bundles that are seen in most ordinary connective tissues in various amounts.
How would you describe collagenous fibers?
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Adipose
These cells have a signet ring-like appearence
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Reticular
Lymph nodes
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Macrophages, mast cells, and fibroblasts
What three cells are found in areolar tissue?
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Adipose can be found on the surface of cerain viscera, in serous membranes, in bone marrow, and in loose connective tissue.
Where can adipose tissue be found?
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It consists of comples peptidoglycans which form an amorphous solution or gel around the cells and fibers.
What is the ground substance made up of?
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