Name: RONGAVILLA ,PAUL

Human Module 3 ANDREI C. _

Yr. & Sec: BSMT- 2A
Histology
Connective Tissue Worksheet

Instruction: Supply the information asked in the table below, for the significant histological feature provide at least 2
distinct feature that will help you differentiate it from the other connective tissue type (please type your answers in
bullet form).

Part I.

Name of Connective Tissue Significant Histological Feature

Elastic Cartilage It has Numerous elastic
fibers.
Came from
Perichondrium.
Flexible than hyaline
fibers.
Fibrocartilage Denser collagen
fibers.
Parallel orientation.
Small chondrocytes
in rows.
Hyaline Cartilage It is a type II
collagen.
Singly arranged.
Substance is clear
or nearly
translucent.

Part II.

Parts of the Connective Tissue

11 1. Canaliculi
2 2 2. Lacunae _
3 3. Central Canal _
3
Part III.

Name of Connective Significant Histological

Tissue Feature
Eosinophil Its cytoplasm
has large bright
pink granules.
It has two lobes
It is only 2%-
4% blood.
leukocytes.

Basophils Its nucleus is

not lobulated.
They are
densely packed
and dark blue or
brown in color.
Granules are
more visible in
size.

Neutrophils It has three to five

lobes connected by
chromatin strand.
Its cytoplasm is
clear and neutral
with fine violet or
pink granules.
Most abundant
polymorphonuclear
with 60% to 70%.
Thrombocytes They are the
smallest cells in
our blood.
They have
irregular masses,
and they are non-
nucleated cells.
They are
basophilic in
cytoplasm.
 Erythrocytes They have
biconcave disk
shape; enucleated.
Most abundant
cells and easy to
identify.
7.5 um in diameter.

Lymphocytes Round to horse-

shoe shaped nuclei.
Few or no
cytoplasmic
granules.
Vary in size, can
be smaller
lymphocytes or
bigger
lymphocytes.
Monocytes They have the
largest
agranulocytes.
Its Nucleus can
round, oval,
indented or horse-
shoe shaped.
Finely dispersed
Nuclear chromatin

Part IV.

Name of Connective Significant Histological

Tissue Feature
Dense Irregular Its collagen
Connective fiber is random
Tissue and irregular.
It has three-
dimensional
orientation.

Reticular Type III

Connective collagen
Tissue It is a Network
that supports
various cell
types
 The the most
Areolar dominant cells
are called
fibroblasts.
The most
dominant fibers
are called
collagen fibers.
Its Cells, fibers
and ground
substance are all
equal parts.
Dense Regular TYPE I
Connective collagen.
Tissue All fibrocytes
are arranged in
a parallel
manner with
collagen fibers.
Slightly
separated by
little ground
substance.

References:
• Mescher, A. L. (2018). Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text and Atlas. 14th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill
Education.

• Eroschenko, V. P. (2013). Difiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations. 12th Ed. Philadelphia:
Wolters Kluwer.