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| Areolar(Loose) Connective Tissue ACT |
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Function: Loose packing, support and nourishment for the structures with which it is associated.
Location: throughout the body, packing between glands, muscle and nerves, attaches the skin to underlying tissues |
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| Dense regular Collagenous Connective Tissue DRCCT |
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Function: Ability to withstand great pulling forces exerted in the direction of fiber orientation, stretch resistance
Location: Tendons (attach muscle to muscle) and Ligaments (bone to bone) |
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| Dense irregular Elastic Connective Tissue DIECT |
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Function: capable of strength with stretching and recoiling in several directions.
Location: Elastic Arteries |
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| Dense Regular Elastic Connective Tissue DRECT |
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Function: Capable of stretching and recoiling like a rubber band. Strength in the direction of fiber orientation.
Location: ligaments between vertebrae and dorsal aspect of the neck and vocal cords. |
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Function: Production of new blood cells. Lipid Storage.
Location: Within Marrow Cavaties Red and Yellow |
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Function: Transports oxygen CO2, Hormones, Nutrients, waste products. Protects the body from infections.
Location: within blood vessels: produce by hemopoietic tissues; White blood Cells leave blood vessels enter interstitial spaces. |
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Function: Provides great strength and support; forms a solid outer shell on bones. keep from being broken or punctured.
Location: outer portions of all bones; shafts of long bones. |
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Function: Acts as a scaffolding to provide strength and support without greater weight of compact bone.
Location: Interior of bone of skull. Vertebrae, sternum, pelvis, end of long bones. |
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Function: Provides Rigidity with more flexibility than hyaline cartilage because elastic fibers return to origianl shape after being stretched.
LOcation: External Ears, epiglottis, auditory tubes. |
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Function: Withstand considerable pressure; connects structures subjected to great pressure
Location: Intervebral disks, symphysis pubis, articular disk. |
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Function: Allows growth of long bones. Provides Rigidity with flexibility in trachea, bronchi, ribs, nose. Forms Articulating surfaces and embryonic skeleton
Location: Growing Long bones, Carilage of Ribs. Nasal Carilages, surfaces of bones, embryonic skeleton. |
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| Reticular COnnective Tissue |
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Function: Provides a superstructure for the lymphatic and hemopoietic
Location: Within lymph nodes, spleen and bone marrow. |
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Function: Packing material thermal insulator, Energy Storage and protect organs against injury from being bumpd or jarred.
Location: Renal Pelvis, around kidneys, mammary glands, loose connective tissue that penetrates into spaces and crevices |
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| Dense Irregular Collagenous Connective Tissue DICCT |
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Function: Tensile strength capable of withstanding stretching in all directions.
Location: Sheaths, most of the dermis of the skin, outer covering of the body tubes |
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