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ECM fibers include

collagen and elastic fibers

Elastic Fibers:


-fncn:


-stain:


-appearance once stained:

-lets tissue be stretched


-orcein


-turn black/dark brown

Elastic fibers:


Structure:


-___ core


-with ____

-elastin core


-fibrillin microfibrils

Collagen


fncn:


-flexible but not


-made of

-gives TENSILE STRENGTH


-flex but not elastic


-made of fibrillar 1 2 3 and sheet forming 4

Assembly of collagen:


-all collagens get to __ stage, but not all get to __

-tropocollagen then fibrils


-not all become fibers or fiber bundles

what has periodicity


what microscope shows it

collagen fibrils


TEM

TYPE I Collagen:


-found in:


-fncn: __ strength


-will make fiber bundles

-sclera, dentin, organ capsule, scar tissue, fascia, bone, ligaments, joint capsules,

-tensile


what is most abundant collagen?

type1

Type 1


-gross appearance:


-light microscope:


---H and E it goes:


---trichrome is goes:

-white!


-pink bundles


-green or blue in trichrome stain

type 1 defect:


-

brittle bone disease

type II collagen (hyaline):


-makes fibers, but doesnt bundle!


-found in:


-fncn:


-type II defect:

-cartilage


-resist pressure


-growth plates defective=achondroplasia (dwarf)

Type III Collagen: Reticular fibers


-fibrillar collagen that remains as __ (thus will show__)


-reticular fibers are ___ so have sugar attached


-stain for reticular fibers: __ will show up __


-can also be stained with __

-as fibrils, periodicity


-heavily glycosylated!


-silver show up black


-also stained with PAS (shows glyc)

Type III collagen is found in:_


fncn: give support to _ and _

skin


bld vessels and internal organs



type III defect:


-hypertensible skin, easy __


-early__ due to __


-called __

bruising


-death due to rupture of bld vessels and organs


-Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Type IV:


-found in basal lamina of __ and external lamina of __


-fncn: support __, part of __

epithelium, muscle and nerves


-support epithelial cells, part of filtration barrier

ECM ground substances include:



-GAGs


-proteoglycans and proteoglycan aggregates


-multi adhesive glycoproteins

what is ECM ground substance

space between cells and fibers


clear, high water content


lost with staining so looks empty

proteoglycans and proteoglycan aggregates:


-are __


-highly __ charge, so attracts __

sulfated GAGs that attach to them


-highly negative charge, attracts water

LM appearance for GAGs and proteos:


PAS for them



-blue purple


-pink

CT cells 2 groups:


-


-

fixed )resident) cells


transient cells

Fixed resident cells:


-


Transient cells:


-

-fibroblasts, macrophage, mast, adipocytes


-WBC, plasma cells

Fixed - Fibroblasts


-__ CT cell


-makes and secretes ___ including__


-always seen where?

-principal


-all ECM components like fibers, collagen fibers, ground substances, elastic fibers


-seen close to collagen fibers!

Fibroblasts in LM:


-__ cell


-stain _ bc _


In TEM:


-seen next to __


Regulated or constitutive?

-look elongated!


-stains purple bc basophilic


-seen next to collagen fibers longitudinal and cross section


-Constituvtive

Fibroblast vs firbrocyte


Fibroblast: very pink everything


-lots of cells very __


-cell structure shows _


-happens during__


Fibrocyte: white background, purple cells


-less _, more spread


-shows less activity


-is just for __

-close together


-intense synth actibvity


-growth or repair




-less cells


-just for ECM maintenance

Fixed resident cells - Macrophages:


-arise from __


-these come from bld into CT and differentiate


-is part of __

come from monocytes (WBC)


-part of MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM OF CELLS

Macrophage


fncn:



-phagocytosis


-antigen presentation


-secreation

macrophage LM:


-large _


-__ nucleus


-MANY __


TEM:


-irregular border

large cells


eccentric nucleus


many LYSOSOMES

Fixed cells - Mast


LM:


-nucleus is__


-cytoplasm is __


-shows METACHROMASIA which is


TEM:


-nucleus is __


-cytoplasm is

-round


-filled with dark secr granules


-METACHROM is when color varies in basic stain




-nulceus is center


-e dense secr granules



Mast


fncn


secretory granuels contain:


-heparin;


-histamine;


-WBC chemotactic factors;

-anticoagluant


-helps vasc perm, smooth muscle contract, makes mucous


-attracts WBC to region

Mast found in

skin


respiratory


GI

Fixed cell - Unilocular adipocytes (most common type of fat cell)


-fncn: make and store _


-secretes __


Stain:



fat


hormones, growth factors, cytokines




Stain:


-osmic acid and sudan red

Adipocytes


-large or small?


-nucleus is _


-fat stored as __

-large cells


-eccentric (not in centeR)


-single droplet

Transient connective tissue cells


WBC fncn

injury and inflamm


host defense

Transient - Plasma


-nucleus is__


-heterochromatin distribution makes __


-fncn:

eccentric


clockface


makes antibodies (proteins therefore golgi and rER)

plasma cell


LM:


-


TEM:


-


Secreation is regulated or consitivute?

LM: basophilic, negative golgi


TEM: organelles?


-consitutive

Connective Tissue Classifications


2 categories:



embryonic CT tissues


connective tissue proper

Embryonic CT:


-


-

mesenchyme


mucoid

Connective tissues proper


-


-


-

-loose


-dense (irregular and regualr)


-reticular tissues

Embryonic CT


Mesenchyme:


-__ shaped with _ nuclei


-few _, mostly _


MucoidCT


-__ and lots of ground substance


-found in _

-spindle, oval nuclei


-few fibers, mostly ground substances




-fibroblasts


-found in umbilical cord

CT proper


Loost CT:


-lots of cells and ground substances


-found __


-primary site of __

beneath epithelim


site of immune response and inflamm rns

CT proper


Dense CT:


-lots of __


-not much __ (thats why has compact appearance)


-can be reg or ireg (will affect _)

bundle fibers


not much ground substances


will affect direction of tensile strength

Dense Irregular


-collagen aligned __


-found in __

-in many directions


-found in skin and organ capsules

Dense Regular


-collagen bundles align__


-found in

-all in one direction


-found in ligaments and tendons

CT proper - Reticular tissue


-reticular fiber ssecreted by __


-they make netword where __


-stroma of __


-found in :

-fibroblasts


-fluid and cells can pass thru continuiously


-stroma of filtering organs


-found in bone marrow, liver, panc, adrenal glands, lymph organs