ANP 1105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.3: Fibrocartilage, Subcutaneous Tissue, Submucosa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1105
• Professor: Frank Feiner

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4. 3 connective tissue is the most abundant and. There are four main connective tissue: connective tissue/cartilage, bone & blood. Degrees of vascularity: varying degrees from none to rich, cartilage has none. Extracellular matrix: non-living; provides the connective tissue with strength to bear weight, withstand tension & endure abuse. Ground substance: unstructured material that lls the space between cells and contains bres; serves as a lter which nutrients/etc can diffuse between capillaries & cells. Consists: interstitial uid, cell adhesion proteins & proteoglycans. Cell adhesion: allow connective tissue cells to connect to metric elements. Proteoglycans: has glycosaminoglycans (gags) made of chrondoitin sulfate & hyaluronic acid; traps water. Assembled in cross-linked brils . :. high tensile strength. Found in skin, lungs & blood vessel walls. Short, ne, collagenous bres that form networks that surround small blood vessels & support soft organs. They provide more give that collagen bres. The primary blast cell types by the connective tissue class are;