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Connective Tissue Matrix
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Use your textbook and the following link to complete this assignment
http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/ct.htm
The cells below can be found in connective tissue. The type of connective tissue cells vary according to the type of
tissue and include the following:
a. Collagen fibers = yellow
g. Adipocytes (fat cells) = pink
b. Fibroblasts = blue
h. Reticular fibers = draw them in using black
c. Mast cells = purple
i. Ground substance = color the background of
d. Macrophages = orange
the image brown
e. Elastic fibers = green
j. Plasma cell = draw in as a circular clear cell
f. Blood vessels and blood cells = red
Write the name of the type of connective tissue cell next to the correct description.
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Adipocyte
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store energy.
Fibroblast
_________________________ produce fibers and ground substance.
Macrophage
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consume debris and foreign objects such as bacteria.
Elastic Fibers
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stretchable strong fibers which help restore normal shape after
disorientation. Deteriorates with age and sun exposure.
Mast Cell
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trigger the inflammatory response.
Collagen
_________________________ strong flexible bundles of the protein, is essential structural elements in
bone and cartilage.
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Reticular Fibers
provide support in blood vessel walls and form branching networks
which support various cells.
Ground Substance
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is made up of water and organic molecules it is the background material
in which all other connective tissue elements are embedded.
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secrete antibodies and attack foreign substances.
Plasma Cell
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Carry oxygen and nutrients.
Blood cell