| A | B |
|---|
| Connective tissue | type of tissue that binds and connects |
| collagen | the most abundant protein in your body |
| elastin | a stretchy protein |
| reticular | collagen fibers coated with glycoprotein |
| spleen / lymph nodes | the most common place you would find reticular tissue |
| hyaline | type of cartilage found in the costal ribs, nose and ends of long bones |
| elastic | type of cartilage found in your ears and epiglottis |
| fibrocartilage | type of cartilage that makes up your intervertebral discs |
| areolar | type of connective tissue that attaches muscles to skin |
| adipose | fat tissue |
| dense regular connective | type of tissue that makes tendons and ligaments |
| dense irregular | type of tissue that is in sheets and forms the covering of your brain |
| bone | tissue that looks like concentric circles with Haversion canal in center |
| blood | type of connective tissue in which the matrix is liquid |
| lacunae | open areas in connective tissue which house the cells |
| mast cell | type of cell which produces histamine |
| adipocyte | fat cells |
| macrophage | can be either wandering or fixed, they use phagocytosis |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| ground substance | the gel-like substance in the tissue |
| matrix | the combination of ground substance and fibers |
| avascular | word meaning no blood supply |
