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What does connective tissue consist of?
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Individual cells scattered within an extracellular matrix
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What is the extra-cellular matrix made of?
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Various fibers suspended in a fluid known as ground substance
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What does ground substance consisnt of
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Water flycosaminoglycansproteoglycansglycoproteins
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What helps Ground substance exist as either watery liquid or firm solid form
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Chemical composition, amount of tension and temperature
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What does the thixotropy describe
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Ability of ground substance to become more liquid as a movement and temp of the tissue increases
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What 3 fibers are suspended in the ground substance
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Collagenreticularelastic
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What shape is collagen fiber?
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Long , straight, wound like a rope
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What does the shape confer to the connective tissue?
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Tensile strength and flexibility
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Where are collagen fibers more abundant?
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Tissues that require a strong resistance to force like ligaments and tendons
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What shape are reticular fribers?
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Thin and branch into tiny nets capable of resisting force in multiple directions
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What can the reticular fibers do?
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Help hold organs and support structures together
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What protein is in elastic fiber?
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Elastin
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How does elastic fiber look?
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Branched and wavy
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Why are they in connective tissue?
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So that the tissue can return to original shape after being stratched
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What so firbroblasts do?
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Produce and secrete proteins that make up the fibers in the extra-cellular matrix
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