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| All connective tissue has these 3 components | Cells, Fibers, and Ground Substance |
| What are the 3 basic fiber types seen in connective tissue proper? | Collagenous (white), Reticular, and Elastic (yellow) |
| Contains all 3 types of fibers | Areolar |
| Reinforced mostly with collagenous fibers | Fibrocartilage, dense regular, and dense irregular |
| Cells are contained in lacunae | Bone and Cartilage (elastic, fibro, hyaline) |
| Cells have large fat vacuoles | Adipose |
| Contain mast cells | Areolar |
| Nonyielding supporting tissue | Bone |
| Devoid of blood supply | Cartilage (elastic, fibro, hyaline) |
| Contains macrophages | Areolar |
| Most flexible of supporting tissues | Elastic cartilage |
| Converted to bone during growing years | Hyaline cartilage |
| Matrix impregnated with calcium and phosphorous salts | Bone |
| Toughest ordinary tissue | Dense Regular |
| Cells have signet ring - like appearance | Adipose |
| Reinforced with mostly yellow fibers | Elastic cartilage |
| Has smooth, glassy appearance | Hyaline cartilage |
| Found in deep to the epithelium | Areolar tissue |
| Found in stored body fat and cushion various organs | Adipose tissue |
| Found as a fine framework for organs and lymph nodes | Reticular tissue |
| Found in tendons and ligaments | Dense Regular tissue |
| Found in the dermis of the skin | Dense Irregular tissue |
| Found in the outer ear | Elastic Cartilage |
| Found in the symphysis pubis and intervertebral discs | Fibrocartilage |
| Found in the fetal skeleton and the articular surfaces of long bones | Hyaline Cartilage |
| A connective tissue with a fluid matrix | Blood |
| The fiber and matrix producing cells of connective tissue proper | Fibroblasts |
| The cell type seen in cartilage | Chondrocytes |
| The cell type seen on bone | Osteocytes |
