Mesenchyme

Connective Tissue

Cartilage

Bone

Connective Proper

Blood

Dense

Loose

Dense Irregular

Elastic

Dense Regular

Areolar

Adipose

Reticular

Hyaline

Elastic

Fibrocartilage

Location: Within abdomen and in breasts

Function: Wraps around and cushions organs

Location: Widely distributed under epithelia of body

Description: Gel-like matrix with all three fiber types

Location:Under the skin; around kidneys and eyeballs

Location: Primarily in embryo

Function: Gives rise to all other connective tissue types

Function: Transport of respiratory gases, nutrients, wastes, and other substances

Description: Red and White blood cells in a fluid matrix (plasma)

Function: Marrow inside it is the site for blood cell formation

Location:Bones

Description: Hard calcified matrix containing many collagen fibers

Function: Supports and reinforces; serves as resiliant cushion; resists compressive stress

Location: Covers the ends of long bones in joint cavities

Description: Amorphous but firm matrix

Description: Dense regular tissue containing high proportion of elastic fibers

Location: Supports the external ear

Function: Attaches muscles to bones or to other muscles

Function: allows recoil of tissue following stretching

Location: Cartilages of the nose, trachea, and larynx

Location: Tendons, most ligaments

Description: Primarily parallel collagen fibers

Function: provides structural strength

Description: Similar to hyaline cartilage, but more elastic fibers in matrix

Location: Found in the dermis of the skin

Description: Primarily irregularly arranged collagen fibers

Location: Walls of large arteries; within the walls of the brachial tubes

Function: Tensile strength with ability to absorb compressive shock

Location: Bones

Description: Matrix similar to but less firm than matrix hyaline carilage

Function: Maintains the shape of a structure while allowing great flexability

Function: Fibers form a soft internal skeleton that supports other cell types

Location: found in lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen

Description: Network of reticular fibers in a typical loose ground substance

Function: Able to withstand tension exerted in many directions

Description: Closely packed adipocytes, or fat cells

Function: Provides reserved fuel

Description: Very well vascularized

Function: Insulates against heat loss and protects organs

Function: Withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction

Location: Forms costal cartilage of the ribs

Description: Some elastic fiber

Function: Plays important role in inflammation

Function: Supports and protects(by enclosing)

Description: Major cell type is fibroblast; few elastic fibers

Description: fibroblast, macrophages, mast cells, and some white

Function: stores calcium and other minerals and fat

Location:Contained within blood vessels

Description: Major cell type is fibroblast

Location: Found between vertebrae

Description: Thick collagen fibers predominate

Function: Maintains pulsatile flow of blood through arteries

By: Joanna Huang and Avery Westbrook

Description: Embryonic connective tissue