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The 4 Types of Tissues: connective
Connective Tissue
General structure of CT
cells are dispersed in a matrix
matrix = a large amount of extracellular
material produced by the CT cells and plays a
major role in the functioning
matrix component = ground substance often
crisscrossed by protein fibers
ground substance usually fluid, but it can also
be mineralized and solid (bones)
CTs = vast variety of forms, but typically 3
characteristic components: cells, large
amounts of amorphous ground substance,
and protein fibers.
Connective Tissue
In connective tissue, the ground substance is an amorphous gel-like substance surrounding the cells. In a tissue, cells are surrounded and supported by an extracellular matrix. Ground substance traditionally does not include fibers (collagen and elastic fibers), but does include all the other components of the extracellular matrix. The components of the ground substance vary depending on the tissue. Ground substance is primarily composed of water, glycosaminoglycans (most notably hyaluronan), proteoglycans, and glycoproteins. Usually it is not visible on slides, because it is lost during the preparation process.
GROUND SUBSTANCE
Connective Tissue
Functions of Connective Tissues Support and connect other tissues Protection (fibrous capsules and bones that protect delicate organs and, of course, the
skeletal system). Transport of fluid, nutrients, waste, and chemical messengers is ensured by specialized
fluid connective tissues, such as blood and lymph. Adipose cells store surplus energy in the form of fat and contribute to the thermal
insulation of the body.
Embryonic Connective Tissue All connective tissues derive from the mesodermal layer of the embryo. The first connective tissue to develop in the embryo is mesenchyme, the stem cell line from which all connective tissues are later derived. Clusters of mesenchymal cells are scattered throughout adult tissue and supply the cells needed for replacement and repair after a connective tissue injury. A second type of embryonic connective tissue forms in the umbilical cord, called mucous connective tissue or Wharton’s jelly. This tissue is no longer present after birth, leaving only scattered mesenchymal cells throughout the body.
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Classification of CTs 3 broad categories of CT are classified according to the characteristics of their ground substance and the types of fibers found within the matrix
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Connective Tissue Proper CELLS Fibroblasts present in all CT proper Fibrocytes, adipocytes, and mesenchymal cells are fixed cells (remain
within the connective tissue). Other cells move in and out in response to chemical signals: macrophages,
mast cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and phagocytic cells (actually part of the immune system)
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Connective Tissue Proper Connective Tissue Fibers and Ground Substance (all secreted by fibroblasts)
3 main types : • Collagen fiber = made from fibrous protein subunits linked together to form a
long and straight fiber, while flexible, have great tensile strength, resist stretching, and give ligaments and tendons their characteristic resilience and strength.
• Elastic fiber = protein elastin (that after being stretched or compressed, it will return to its original shape) along with lesser amounts of other proteins and glycoproteins.
• Reticular fiber = also formed from the same protein subunits as collagen fibers, but arrayed in a branching network.
• All of these fibers embedded in ground substance = made of polysaccharides, specifically hyaluronic acid, and proteins (combined to form a proteoglycan with a protein core and polysaccharide branches). The proteoglycan attracts and traps available moisture forming a clear, viscous, colorless matrix.
Connective Tissue
Connective Tissue Proper Loose Connective Tissue found between many organs where it acts both to absorb shock and bind tissues togethe + allows water, salts, and various nutrients to diffuse through to adjacent or imbedded cells and tissues. 1. Adipose tissue = mostly of fat storage cells, with little extracellular matrix. White fat contributes mostly to lipid storage and can serve as insulation from cold temperatures and mechanical injuries. Brown adipose tissue is more common in infants (“baby fat”) and is thermogenic
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Connective Tissue Proper Loose Connective Tissue 2. Areolar tissue shows little specialization and fills the spaces between muscle fibers, surrounds blood and lymph vessels, and supports organs in the abdominal cavity. Areolar tissue underlies most epithelia and represents the connective tissue component of epithelial membranes. 3. Reticular tissue = mesh-like, supportive framework for soft organs such as lymphatic tissue, spleen, and liver.
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Supportive Connective Tissues allow the body to maintain its posture and protect internal organs + 2 major forms:
1. Cartilage The distinctive appearance of cartilage is due to polysaccharides called chondroitin sulfates, which bind with ground substance proteins to form proteoglycans. Embedded within the cartilage matrix are chondrocytes and the space they occupy are called lacunae (singular = lacuna). A layer of dense irregular connective tissue, the perichondrium, encapsulates the cartilage. avascular very slow healing. 3 main types:
2. Bone the hardest CT with rigid extracellular matrix contains mostly collagen fibers embedded in a mineralized ground substance containing hydroxyapatite. Osteocytes are located within lacunae. highly vascularized tissue.
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Fluid Connective Tissue = blood and lymph where cells circulate in a liquid extracellular matrix
Connective Tissue
The following types of connective tissue are covered in this activity:
1. Loose (areolar) connective tissue (delicate thin layers between
tissues; present in all mucous membranes)
2. Adipose tissue (fat)
3. Dense connective tissue (tendons/ligaments)
4. Hyaline cartilage (nose/ends of long bones/ribs)
5. Elastic cartilage (outer ear/epiglottis)
6. Fibrocartilage (between vertebrae/knee joints/pubic joint)
7. Bone (skeletal system)
8 Blood (bloodstream)
Table 4.1 Comparison of Classes of Connective Tissues (1 of 2)
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Table 4.1 Comparison of Classes of Connective Tissues (2 of 2)
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Figure 4.8a Connective tissues.
(a) Connective tissue proper: loose connective tissue, areolar
Description: Gel-like matrix with all three fiber types; cells: fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, and some white blood cells.
Function: Wraps and cushions organs; its macrophages phagocytize bacteria; plays important role in inflammation; holds and conveys tissue fluid.
Location: Widely distributed under epithelia of body, e.g., forms lamina propria of mucous membranes; packages organs; surrounds capillaries.
Photomicrograph: Areolar connective tissue, a soft packaging tissue of the body (300x).
Epithelium
Lamina propria
Fibroblast nuclei
Elastic fibers
Collagen fibers
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Figure 4.7 Areolar connective tissue: A prototype (model) connective tissue.
Macrophage
Fibroblast
Lymphocyte
Fat cell
Mast cell
Neutrophil
Capillary
Cell types Extracellular
matrix
Fibers
• Collagen fiber • Elastic fiber • Reticular fiber
Ground substance
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Figure 4.8b Connective tissues.
(b) Connective tissue proper: loose connective tissue, adipose
Description: Matrix as in areolar, but very sparse; closely packed adipocytes, or fat cells, have nucleus pushed to the side by large fat droplet.
Function: Provides reserve food fuel; insulates against heat loss; supports and protects organs.
Location: Under skin in the hypodermis; around kidneys and eyeballs; within abdomen; in breasts.
Photomicrograph: Adipose tissue from the subcutaneous layer under the skin (350x).
Nucleus of fat cell
Vacuole containing fat droplet
Adipose tissue
Mammary glands
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Figure 4.8c Connective tissues.
(c) Connective tissue proper: loose connective tissue, reticular
Description: Network of reticular fibers in a typical loose ground substance; reticular cells lie on the network.
Function: Fibers form a soft internal skeleton (stroma) that supports other cell types including white blood cells, mast cells, and macrophages.
Location: Lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen).
Photomicrograph: Dark-staining network of reticular connective tissue fibers forming the internal skeleton of the spleen (350x).
Spleen
White blood cell (lymphocyte)
Reticular
fibers
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Figure 4.8d Connective tissues.
(d) Connective tissue proper: dense connective tissue, dense regular
Description: Primarily parallel collagen fibers; a few elastic fibers; major cell type is the fibroblast.
Function: Attaches muscles to bones or to muscles; attaches bones to bones; withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction.
Location: Tendons, most ligaments, aponeuroses.
Photomicrograph: Dense regular connective tissue from a tendon (500x).
Shoulder joint
Ligament
Tendon
Collagen fibers
Nuclei of fibroblasts
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Figure 4.8e Connective tissues.
(e) Connective tissue proper: dense connective tissue, dense irregular
Description: Primarily irregularly arranged collagen fibers; some elastic fibers; major cell type is the fibroblast.
Function: Able to withstand tension exerted in many directions; provides structural strength.
Location: Fibrous capsules of organs and of joints; dermis of the skin; submucosa of digestive tract.
Photomicrograph: Dense irregular connective tissue from the dermis of the skin (400x).
Collagen
fibers
Nuclei of
fibroblasts
Fibrous
joint
capsule
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Figure 4.8f Connective tissues.
(f) Connective tissue proper: dense connective tissue, elastic
Description: Dense regular connective tissue containing a high proportion of elastic fibers.
Function: Allows recoil of tissue following stretching; maintains pulsatile flow of blood through arteries; aids passive recoil of lungs following inspiration.
Location: Walls of large arteries; within certain ligaments associated with the vertebral column; within the walls of the bronchial tubes.
Elastic fibers
Aorta
Heart Photomicrograph: Elastic connective tissue in
the wall of the aorta (250x).
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Figure 4.8g Connective tissues.
(g) Cartilage: hyaline
Description: Amorphous but firm matrix; collagen fibers form an imperceptible network; chondroblasts produce the matrix and when mature (chondrocytes) lie in lacunae.
Function: Supports and reinforces; has resilient cushioning properties; resists compressive stress.
Location: Forms most of the embryonic skeleton; covers the ends of long bones in joint cavities; forms costal cartilages of the ribs; cartilages of the nose, trachea, and larynx.
Photomicrograph: Hyaline cartilage from the
trachea (750x).
Costal cartilages
Chondrocyte in lacuna
Matrix
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Figure 4.8h Connective tissues.
(h) Cartilage: elastic
Description: Similar to hyaline
cartilage, but more elastic fibers
in matrix.
Function: Maintains the shape
of a structure while allowing
great flexibility.
Location: Supports the external
ear (pinna); epiglottis.
Photomicrograph: Elastic cartilage from
the human ear pinna; forms the flexible
skeleton of the ear (800x).
Chondrocyte
in lacuna
Matrix
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Figure 4.8i Connective tissues.
(i) Cartilage: fibrocartilage
Description: Matrix similar to but less firm than that in hyaline cartilage; thick collagen fibers predominate.
Function: Tensile strength with the ability to absorb compressive shock.
Location: Intervertebral discs; pubic symphysis; discs of knee joint.
Photomicrograph: Fibrocartilage of an
intervertebral disc (125x). Special staining
produced the blue color seen.
Intervertebral
discs
Chondrocytes
in lacunae
Collagen
fiber
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Figure 4.8j Connective tissues.
(j) Others: bone (osseous tissue)
Description: Hard, calcified matrix containing many collagen fibers; osteocytes lie in lacunae. Very well vascularized.
Function: Bone supports and protects (by enclosing); provides levers for the muscles to act on; stores calcium and other minerals and fat; marrow inside bones is the site for blood cell formation (hematopoiesis).
Location: Bones
Photomicrograph: Cross-sectional view of bone (125x).
Lacunae
Lamella
Central canal
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Figure 4.8k Connective tissues.
(k) Others: blood
Description: Red and white
blood cells in a fluid matrix
(plasma).
Function: Transport of
respiratory gases, nutrients,
wastes, and other substances.
Location: Contained within
blood vessels.
Photomicrograph: Smear of human blood (1860x); two
white blood cells (neutrophil in upper left and lymphocyte
in lower right) are seen surrounded by red blood cells.
Neutrophil
Red blood cells
Lymphocyte
Plasma
EXAMPLES
Can you name?
First, the tissue type
Second, where in the body the tissue is found
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
delicate thin layers between tissues; present in all mucous membranes
Loose (areolar) connective tissue
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Adipose tissue
fat
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Dense connective tissue
tendons; ligaments
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Hyaline cartilage
nose; ends of long bones; ribs
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Elastic cartilage
outer ear; epiglottis
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Fibrocartilage
between vertebrae; knee joints; pubic joint
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Bone
skeletal system
Connective Tissue
What kind of tissue does this represent?
Where in the body can you find this tissue?
Blood
bloodstream
Connective Tissue
• characterized by properties that allow movement.
• muscle cells are excitable (=respond to a stimulus) + contractile (=can shorten and
generate a pulling force)
• some muscle movement is voluntary (=under conscious control) other involuntary
(ie contraction of your pupil) • classified into 3 types according to structure and function
Muscle Tissue
Muscle Tissue
• Skeletal muscle makes possible locomotion, facial expressions, posture, and other voluntary movements (40% body mass), participate in thermal homeostasis: myocyte (from myoblasts, mesoderm) and their numbers remain relatively constant throughout life. Arranged in bundles surrounded by connective tissue. striated (due to the regular alternation of the contractile proteins actin and myosin), with many nuclei squeezed along the membranes (as a result of the fusion of the many myoblasts to form each long muscle fiber).
Muscle Tissue
Skeletal muscle cells (fibers), with cross-striations and peripheral nuclei.
Muscle Tissue
Higher power of skeletal muscle for details of cross-striations. Notice thin Z discs and heavy A bands. From one Z disc to the next is a sarcomere, the unit of muscle contraction. In the upper muscle cell notice shadowy myofibrils running longitudinally.
Muscle Tissue
EM of several myofibrils running longitudinally through skeletal muscle cell. Between individual myofibrils lie the mitochondria (M) and glycogen (G) of the cytoplasm. Within each myofibril are the typical striations: A= A band; I= I band; Z= Z line; and H= H band. The banding is formed by the arrangement of myosin and actin filaments.
Muscle Tissue
• Smooth muscle responsible for involuntary movements in the internal organs. It forms the contractile component of the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems as well as the airways and arteries. Each cell is spindle shaped with a single nucleus and no visible striations
Muscle Tissue
Smooth muscle - long, slender central nuclei, lying within narrow, fusiform cells that lie parallel to each other in a smooth arrangement. (Muscle cells are often referred to as muscle fibers because of their narrowness and length.)
Muscle Tissue
Smooth muscle - with cells more separated so as to see their extent and shape better, and the central position of their nuclei. A loose, irregular connective tissue (endomysium) lies between the cells. Nuclei seen in this c.t. belong to fibroblasts mainly.
Muscle Tissue
Smooth muscle with wrinkled nuclei due to contraction of cells.
Muscle Tissue
EM of smooth muscle showing typical "hairy" look of primarily filaments in the cytoplasm. Part of the cytoplasm is clear of filaments and shows mitochondria and polyribosomes. The cell membrane is at the lower right of the field and shows a few pinocytotic vesicles toward the extreme right. The left-hand extent of that same membrane seems darker and denser: probably a plaque, where filaments attach. The fuzzy density just outside the cell membrane is the basal lamina.
Muscle Tissue
• Cardiac muscle (contractile walls of the heart), cardiomyocytes, also striated single cells typically with a single centrally located nucleus, contract on their own intrinsic rhythms without any external stimulation and attach to one another with specialized cell junctions = intercalated discs (both anchoring junctions and gap junctions) long, branching cardiac muscle fibers that are, essentially, a mechanical and electrochemical syncytium with synchronized actions that pumps blood under involuntary control.
Muscle Tissue
Cardiac muscle with cross-striations, dark intercalated discs, and centrally located nuclei. Notice too that the nuclei are stubby in appearance, and that they lie in a rather granular cytoplasm. Some of the intercalated discs form a straight line across muscle fibers; others make a step-like arrangement.
Muscle Tissue
EM of intercalated disc between the ends of two cardiac muscle cells. Both desmosomes (1) and fasciae adheretes (2) are identified. Notice mitochondria and glycogen particles lying between myofibrils.
Muscle Tissue
Another view of cardiac muscle showing wavy connective tissue (endomysium) between muscle cells. Also, notice capillaries with r.b.c.'s; muscle is a highly vascularized tissue. Some yellow granular cytoplasm can be seen inside the lower muscle cells, where myofibrils are parted. This picture also gives some indication of the branching of cardiac fibers.
The 4 Types of Tissues: muscle
The 4 Types of Tissues: nervous
• excitable and capable of sending and receiving electrochemical signals that provide the
body with information. • 2 main classes of cells: neuron (propagate information via electrochemical impulses,
called action potentials, which are biochemically linked to the release of chemical signals) and neuroglia (play an essential role in supporting neurons and modulating their information propagation)
Nervous Tissue
Nervous Tissue
Neurons = distinctive morphology role as conducting cells, with 3 parts. The cell body includes most of the cytoplasm, the organelles, and the nucleus. Dendrites branch off the cell body and appear as thin extensions. A long “tail,” the axon, extends from the neuron body and can be wrapped in an insulating layer known as myelin, which is formed by accessory cells. The synapse is the gap between nerve cells, or between a nerve cell and its target, for example, a muscle or a gland, across which the impulse is transmitted by chemical compounds known as neurotransmitters. Neurons categorized: multipolar, bipolar and unipolar. When a neuron is sufficiently stimulated, it generates an action potential that propagates down the axon towards the synapse. If enough neurotransmitters are released at the synapse to stimulate the next neuron or target, a response is generated.
Nervous Tissue
The second class of neural cells: neuroglia or glial cells, (from the Greek word for glue).
Astrocyte cells, (star shape) abundant in the CNS, have many functions: regulation of ion
concentration in the intercellular space, uptake and/or breakdown of some neurotransmitters,
and formation of the blood-brain barrier. Microglia protect the nervous system against
infection (related to macrophages). Oligodendrocytes produce myelin in the CSN (brain and
spinal cord) while the Schwann cell produces myelin in the peripheral nervous system
