Soft Tissue

Question 1

List the composition of connective tissue

Answer 1

Collagen fibres
Fibroblasts
Macrophages
Mast cells
Elastic fibres
Adhesive molecules
Gags

Question 2

List the types of collagen and their functions

Answer 2

Type 1. Skin bone tendon
Type 2. Cartilage
Type 3. Blood vessels skin sheet collagen
Type 4. Basement membrane

Question 3

Give some characteristics of elastin fibres

Answer 3

Made up of fibrillin micofibrils

Only embryonic/ juvenile fibroblast make elastic fibres after a while loose elasticity

Question 4

List some adhesive proteins found in connective tissue?

Answer 4

Integrins: has alpha and beta subunit
Fibronectin: in all ct
Tenacin: made at wounds
Laminin: basal Lamina

Question 5

What are gags

Answer 5

Jelly like matrix
Can withstand pa
Needed for cell signalling
Has -ve charge

Question 6

What are the 2 groups of ct

Answer 6

Indigenous and immigrant