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Tissues: Connective |
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Major Connective Tissue Cell Types Macrophage |
Major Connective Tissue Cell Types Macrophage in a lymph node |
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Major Connective Tissue Cell Types Macrophages The picture on the left is from a loose connective tissue. The picture on the left is from the reticular tissue of the lymph node |
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| http://www.up.ac.za/academic/medicine/telemed | http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd |
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Major Connective Tissue Cell Types Fibroblasts with collagen fibers |
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| http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ | http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ |
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Major Connective Tissue Fiber Types Collagenous (Collagen) Fibers Thick threads of protein |
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| http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ | http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ |
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Major Connective Tissue Fiber Types Elastic Fibers Darker lines are both course and fine elastic fibers |
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| http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/maplewoods/ | http://faculty.une.edu/com/abell/histo/. |
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Major Connective Tissue Fiber Types Reticular Fibers Reticular fibers form thin supporting networks |
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Connective Tissue Proper Loose Connective Tissues |
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| http://home.mc.ntu.edu.tw/~histol/Ffolder_ | http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael. |
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Types of Loose Connective Tissue Areolar Tissue Refers to tissue that contains interstitial space |
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| http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/AnSci312/ | http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ |
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Types of Loose Connective Tissue Adipose Tissue Cells contain fat droplets that push the nuclei against the cell membrane A= adipose cell & V= vein |
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| http://home.mc.ntu.edu.tw/~histol/Ffolder_html/ | http://neuromedia.neurobio.ucla.edu/ |
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Types of Loose Connective Tissue Reticular Tissue Contains 3-dimensional network of collagenous fibers that support the walls of internal organs |
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Connective Tissue Proper Dense Connective Tissues |
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| http://www.lima.ohio-state.edu/_ | http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/ |
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Types of Dense Connective Tissue Regular Dense Connective Tissue |
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| http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ | http://faculty.une.edu/com/abell/histo |
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Types of Dense Connective Tissue Irregular Dense Connective Tissue (DICT in the picture one the right) |
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| http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/thumbnails/f | http://neuromedia.neurobio.ucla.edu/ |
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Types of Dense Connective Tissue Elastic Connective Tissue Contains elastic fibers with collagenous fibers between them |
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| Cartilage Types | |
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| http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/w/x/wxm15Online/ | http://w3.ouhsc.edu/histology/Text |
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Types of Cartilage Tissue Hyaline Cartilage Most common type of cartilage. Found at the ends of bones, the nose, and the rings of the trachea |
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| http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/ | http://cclcm.ccf.org/vm/VM_cases/musc_ |
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Types of Cartilage Tissue Elastic Cartilage Flexible. Found in the ear lobes and the epiglottis. |
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| http://casweb.cas.ou.edu/pbell/Histology/ | http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/lahr/HistPath/ |
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Types of Cartilage Tissue Fibrocartilage Very tough. Withstands pressure. Found in the intervertebral disks. |
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| http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Labs/ | http://www.cytochemistry.net/microanatomy/ |
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Types of Connective Tissue Bone Formed of inorganic matrix and osteocytes |
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| http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/hoyt/Biol324/lab | http://pathy.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/atlas/doc/node |
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Types of Connective Tissue Blood Formed of inorganic matrix (plasma) and blood cells |
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