1. CONNECTIVE TISSUE

2. Connective Tissue Most abundant and widely distributed Types –Connective tissue proper –Cartilage –Blood –Bone

3. Functions Binding and support Protection Insulation Transportation

5. Marfan’s syndrome

8. Elhers-danlos

9. Characteristics -Varying degrees of vascularity -Varying degrees of cellularity -Extracellular matrix- contains ground substance and fibers

11. Ground substance – interstitial fluid, adhesion proteins, proteoglycans (protein core with GAGS – glycosaminoglycans) Fibers – collagen elastic reticular Cells –

13. Gel like Star shaped Gives rise to all other connective tissues Only found in embryos

14. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE E.T. LAMINA PROPRIA collagenreticular elastic Loose connective tissue – AREOLAR C.T.

15. Loose2 fibroblast

17. E.T.MUSCLE DENSE LOOSE GENERAL LAYERS OF TISSUE

18. E.T. MUSCLE DENSE LOOSE GENERAL LAYERS OF TISSUE

20. Lumen E.T. MUSCLE MUCOSA DENSE

21. Adipose c.t. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE

23. Illust.-Adipose-XL

24. Illust.-Adipose

25. Reticular c.t. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE

26. Reticular

27. Most typical in appearance

28. Dense regular c.t. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE

29. Figure 10.6

30. Skeletal muscle Tendon or aponeurosis (dense regular c.t.)

33. Dense Irregular c.t. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE

37. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE Hyaline cartilage

40. trachea, cat 1 tissue 2 tissue 3 tissue 4 tissue THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT TISSUES SHOWN IN THIS LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF A CAT’S TRACHEA

41. Ends of long bones

42. Illust. - Fetus

44. Bone Formation 18-weeks-old fetus

45. Illust. - Formation of Bone

46. Illust. - EP - Child

47. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE Elastic cartilage

48. EPIGLOTTIS- ELASTIC CARTILAGE E.T.

49. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS PRESENCE fibrocartilage

50. Illust.- Hyaline2