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    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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    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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    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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    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: 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

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