BIOL 1215 Lecture Notes - Ground Substance, Epithelium

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Most abundant and widely distributed tissues in the body. Connective tissue consists of 2 basic elements: extracellular matrix and cells. Extracellular matrix is the material located between the cells, it consist of protein fibers and ground substance, the material between the cells and fibers. Extracellular matrix is secreted by connective tissue cells and determines tissue"s quantities (cartilage-extracellular matrix is firm but pliable, bones-extracellular matrix is hard but flexible). They do not occur on body surface like epithelial tissue. Also unlike epithelial because connective tissue is highly vascular (rich blood supply) and are supplied with nerves, but with exceptions to cartilage and tendons both have little or no blood supply (avascular) and no nerves. Mesodermal embryonic cells called mesenchymal cells give rise to cells of connective tissue. Each major type of connective tissue contains an immature class of cells with name ending in blast.

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