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Fibers
Fibroblasts
Mesenchymal
Cells
Cell Lineage from Mesenchymal Cells
TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Loose Connective Dense Irregular Dense Regular
Tissue Connective Tissue Connective Tissue
Internal
elastic
lamina
CONNECTIVE TISSUE FIBERS
Collagenous Fibers Reticular Fibers Elastic Fibers
(bundles) (networks) (anastomosing bundles)
RETICULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
reticular fibers
(argyrophilic)
Fiber COLLAGEN
Fibril
Microfibril
Tropocollagen
alpha 1 peptide
alpha 2 peptide
collagen fiber
RER bundles
procollagen
Fibroblast Adipocytes
(fiber producing cell) (fat storage)
Adipocytes
fibroblast
TEM of Macrophage
MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTIC SYSTEM
(reticuloendothelial system) Giant Cell
Monocyte
Mononuclear coalescence
wandering
cell
Microglial Sinusoidal
Macrophages Osteoclasts Kupffer Cells Cells Endothelia
spleen liver
bone liver central
lymph nodes sinusoids nervous spleen
resorption marrow
bone marrow system
connective tissue
lung ( all characterized by phagocytic activity)
serous cavities
LYMPHOCYTES AND PLASMA CELLS
(Agents of the immune response)
(produce
Lymphocytes Plasma Cells immunoglobulins
-antibodies)
differentiation stimulated by
immune activation
EOSINOPHILES MAST CELLS
Secretion Products:
actively phagocytic 1. Slow-reaction substance of anaphalaxis
destroy immune complexes 2. Heparin- anticoagulant
(antigen-antibody) 3. Histamine- stimulates inflammation
4. Serotonin- vasoconstrictor
5. Eosinophil Chemotactic Factor
Connective Tissue Cells
Plasma Cell
Lymphocyte
Macrophage
TRANSMISSION EM OF AN EOSINOPHILE
TRANSMISSION EM OF A MAST CELL