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