what are the special characteristics of connective tissue?
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Connective tissue is the most abundant and widely distributed of the primary tissues. Connective tissue has three main components: cells, fibers, and ground substance. Together the ground substance and fibers make up the extracellular matrix.
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['Cartilage Skeleton.', 'Skin covered with dermal denticles.', 'Powerful Jaws.', 'Efficient Liver.', 'Anatomic Tail.', 'Dynamic Fins.', 'Highly Developed Senses.']
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['Cartilage. Cartilage is a type of supporting connective tissue. ... ', 'Bone. Bone is another type of supporting connective tissue. ... ', 'Adipose. Adipose is another type of supporting connective tissue that provides cushions and stores excess energy and fat. ... ', 'Blood. ... ', 'Hemapoetic/Lymphatic. ... ', 'Elastic. ... ', 'Fibrous.']
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Structural elements of connective tissue: Connective tissues consist of three parts: cells suspended in a ground substance or matrix; and most have fibers running through it. Ground substance is a clear, colorless, viscous fluid that fills the space between the cells and fibers.
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['Connective tissue proper; further divided into loose and dense connective tissues.', 'Specialised connective tissue; reticular, blood, bone, cartilage and adipose tissues.']
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The common cell types in connective tissue include: fibroblasts, mast cells, plasma cells, macrophages, adipocytes, and leukocytes. Slide 72 Tendon. Fibroblasts are the most common cell type of connective tissue. They produce both fibers and amorphous ground substance.
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Which of the following is not an example of connective tissue? Explanation: Skin is composed of epithelial cells, and is therefore not an example of connective tissue. The major types of connective tissue include bone, adipose, blood, and cartilage.
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['Fibrous joints are joints in which bones are joined by dense connective tissue that is rich in collagen fibers. ... ', 'Cartilaginous joints are joints in which bones are joined by cartilage.']
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Connective tissue proper consists of loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue (which is further subdivided into dense regular and dense irregular connective tissues.) ... Special connective tissue consists of reticular connective tissue, adipose tissue, cartilage, bone, and blood.
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Two types of cells—fibroblasts and fat cells—are native to connective tissue. Other cells migrate into connective tissue from the bloodstream to fight diseases. Special types of connective tissue—cartilage and bone—are designed to be stronger and more rigid than most connective tissues.
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['Highly viscous proteoglycans (heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate), which cushion cells.', 'Insoluble collagen fibers, which provide strength and resilience.']
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Connective tissues are made up of a matrix consisting of living cells and a non-living substance, called the ground substance. The ground substance is made of an organic substance (usually a protein) and an inorganic substance (usually a mineral or water). ... The matrix in connective tissues gives the tissue its density.
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Explanation: Skin is composed of epithelial cells, and is therefore not an example of connective tissue. The major types of connective tissue include bone, adipose, blood, and cartilage. Connective tissue is responsible for binding and support of other tissue.
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['Connective tissue ranges from avascular to highly vascular.', 'Composition: Composed mainly of nonliving extracellular matrix that separates the cells of the tissue.', 'Location: It is present in between different tissue and organs. It can be found in and around the body organs.']
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Ligaments and tendons are made of dense regular connective tissue. In dense irregular connective tissue, the direction of fibers is random.
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Dense regular connective tissue The collagen fibers are densely packed together and arranged in parallel to each other. This arrangement allows the fibers to have a good resistance to forces pulling along a single axis, but also gives some ability to stretch.
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The extracellular matrix between the cells usually includes fibers of one or more types embedded in an amorphous ground substance. Connective tissues are classified into four classes: BLOOD, BONE, CARTILAGE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER.