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Connective Tissue Types

There are two main types of connective tissue - loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue. Loose connective tissue consists of cells embedded in an irregular matrix and ground substance. It is flexible and found in various parts of the body. Dense connective tissue has fewer cells and more collagen fibers arranged in bundles, making it less flexible but more resistant to stress. Dense connective tissue is further divided into dense irregular, dense regular, and tendons. Dense irregular connective tissue has collagen fibers arranged without orientation, found in the dermis. Dense regular connective tissue has aligned collagen fiber bundles, found in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses. Tendons specifically attach muscle to bone and have parallel collagen fiber

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Connective Tissue Types

There are two main types of connective tissue - loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue. Loose connective tissue consists of cells embedded in an irregular matrix and ground substance. It is flexible and found in various parts of the body. Dense connective tissue has fewer cells and more collagen fibers arranged in bundles, making it less flexible but more resistant to stress. Dense connective tissue is further divided into dense irregular, dense regular, and tendons. Dense irregular connective tissue has collagen fibers arranged without orientation, found in the dermis. Dense regular connective tissue has aligned collagen fiber bundles, found in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses. Tendons specifically attach muscle to bone and have parallel collagen fiber

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  • Loose and Dense Connective Tissue Types: Provides detailed descriptions of various types of connective tissues, their functions, and their roles in the human body.
  • Assignment on Connective Tissues: Specifies tasks to identify connective tissue types in different structures, serving as exercises for deeper understanding.

CONNECTIVE TISSUE TYPES: Papillary layer of the dermis – loose CT

LOOSE AND DENSE


Types of Connective Tissue

Dense Connective Tissue


 Adapted to offer resistance and protection
Loose Connective Tissue  Fewer cells and a clear predominance of
 Consists of a number of cell types embedded collagen fibers
in a matrix  Dense CT is less flexible
 A large amount of ground substance in which  Far more resistant to stress than is loose CT.
fibers are arranged in a loose irregular Dense irregular CT
manner.  When the collagen fibers are arranged in
 Found in all parts of the body bundles without a definite orientation.
 Responsible for binding various structures  Collagen fibers form a 3-dimensional network
together  Provide resistance to stress from all
o Muscle fibers to muscle fibers directions.
o Skin to underlying tissues.  Dermis.
o Various membranes and mesenteries Reticular dermis: Dense irreg. CT

Mesentery – Loose Dense regular CT


areolar CT  The collagen
Mesenteries in the bundles are arranged
small intestine of cat. according to a definite
pattern
 Aligned with the
linear orientation of
 Comprises all the main components of CT fibroblasts in response
proper. to prolonged stresses
 With no predominant cell exerted in the same
 Fibroblasts and macrophages - most direction;
numerous cells, but all the other types of  Offer great resistance to traction forces.
ctcells are also present o Tendons (attach muscle to bone)
 With moderate amount of collagen, elastic, o Most ligaments (attach bone to bone)
and reticular fibers o Aponeuroses (sheet like tendons
 Has a delicate consistency that attach muscle to muscle or
 It is flexible, muscle to bone.
 Well vascularized Tendons – Dense regular CT
 Not very resistant to stress.
 Fills spaces between groups of muscle cells
 Supports epithelial tissue
 Forms a layer that sheathes the lymphatic
and blood vessels
Found in:
 Papillary layer of the dermis  Elongated cylindrical structures attach
 Hypodermis striated muscle to bone
 Serosal linings of peritoneal and pleural  Rich in collagen fibers
cavities, and in glands  White and inextensible
 Mucous membranes (wet membranes that line  Have parallel, closely packed bundles of
the hollow organs) supporting the epithelial collagen separated by a small quantity of
cells. intercellular ground substance.
 Fibrocytes contain elongated nuclei parallel
to the fibers and sparse cytoplasmic folds
that envelop portions of the collagen
bundles.
Asignment:
Determine the Connective Tissues types found in
the following structures.
Fats in newborn
Fats in the belly of adults
Tunica intima of large artery
Dermis of the skin
Ear auricle
Wharton’s jelly (umbilicus)
Mesentery
Splenic capsule
Stem cell tissue
Tendons
Glisson’s capsule of the liver
Hypodermis of the skin
Precursor cells in primitive supporting tissue
Ligaments
Muscle fascia

CONNECTIVE TISSUE TYPES: LOOSE AND DENSE Types of Connective Tissue Loose Connective Tissue  Consists of a number of
Asignment: Determine the Connective Tissues types found in the following structures. Fats in newborn Fats in the belly

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