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Reticular Connective Tissue Function. Reticular tissue provides a very delicate meshwork that serves as a scaffold to other tissues and also supports other cells and tissues. This type of tissue is abundant in certain lymphoid organs where the reticular fibers form attachment sites for lymphocytes and other immune cells.
Loose Connective Tissue Functions. Collagen fibers provide stregnth and structural support to other tissues and organs. Serves as a cushion. The elastic fibers provide elasticity to the tissues and organs. Provides blood supply to nearby epithelial tissue. Immediately responds to epithelial injury or contact with antigens.
The cells of dense irregular connective tissue are fibrocytes which appear thin and dark cells with condensed nuclei scattered sparsely throughout the tissue. These fibrocytes are responsible for the production and maintenance of the type 1 collagen fibers of the dense irregular tissue. In the capsules of some organs such as the kidneys, the ...
Areolar connective tissue is a loosely arranged connective tissue that is widely distributed in the body and contains collagen fibers, reticular fibers, and a few elastic fibers embedded in a thin, almost fluid-like ground substance. The areolar connective tissue is a subtype of loose connective tissue. It is the commonest type of connective ...
Blood connective tissue is a fluid form of connective tissue and transports cells and nutrients to other tissues and organs. Cartilage connective tissue provides structure and support such as in the nose or ears. Adipose connective tissue. Tendons this connective tissue joins bones to bones. Fascia covers the muscles.
Adipose tissue arises from pluripotent mesenchymal cells (stem cells) and later originates from cells of the reticular connective tissue, which are capable of producing grape-like fatty tissue lobes also. The reticulum cells store fat droplets that later coalesce to form one large drop. In the process, the cells become rounder.
Dense regular connective tissue is also known as Regular Fibrous Connective Tissue and it is a type of general connective tissues consisting of type I collagen bundles that are arranged according to a definite pattern in which the fibers and fibroblasts align parallel to prolonged resistant forces that are exerted in the same direction.
Simple squamous epithelium is a single sheet of cells joined together by flat cells called squamous cells that line the serous cavities of bodies and the lumen of blood vessels. The epithelia the cells are flattened and their height being very little as compared to their width. Simple squamous epithelial tissue functions largely in the ...
The function of stratified squamous epithelium is to protect the tissues and organs they cover as they are continually exposed to stress and friction. The ability of the stratified squamous epithelium to regenerate quickly helps it to best serve this function. Slide diagram of the tongue showing the stratified squamous epithelium with ...
Transitional Epithelium Functions, Location and Diagram. Transitional epithelium is also called Uroepithelium or Urothelium (because it lines the urinary system), and it is a type of stratified epithelial tissue in which the surface cells change shape from being rounded to squamous in nature. Transitional epithelium is located in the urinary ...