| Major Cell Types/Tissue Fibers | Bones | Blood | Loose and dense connective tissue |
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Fibroblasts
This major cell type produces fibers
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connective tissue
The bone is the most rigid ___.
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True
True or False
Platelets are cell fragments. |
It develops when certain cells store fat as droplets in their cytoplasm.
How does Adipose Tissue Develop?
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Mast cell
This major cell type secretes heparin and histamine
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bone cells
What are osteocytes?
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True
True or False
Blood is composed of formed elements. |
It helps provide the framework of certain organs, such as the liver and spleen.
What is the function of the Reticular connective tissue?
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Macrophages
This major cell type contains large white blood cells
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osteon
Osteocytes form ___, which forms the substance of bone.
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in red marrow
Where do most blood cells form?
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Loose and Dense connective tissue.
What are the two categories of connective tissue proper?
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Elastic
This tissue fiber is composed of a protein called elastin
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True
True or False
A blood channel brings nutrients to each bone cell. |
a stable internal environment
What does blood help maintain?
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It binds the skin to underlying organs and fills in the spaces between muscles.
What is the function of Areolar Tissue?
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Collagenous, Elastic, Reticular
Three types of tissue fibers
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canaliculi
What lets materials pass through blood vessels and bone cells?
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red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets (or cell fragments).
Formed elements include___.
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They allow the tissue to withstand forces.
What do the thick collagenous fibers in dense connective tissue do?
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