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Mesenchyme (Connective Tissue (Bone (Function: Marrow inside it is the…

- - - - 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
      - Location: Cartilages of the nose, trachea, and larynx
      - Location: Forms costal cartilage of the ribs
    - - Location: Supports the external ear
      - Description: Similar to hyaline cartilage, but more elastic fibers in matrix
      - Function: Maintains the shape of a structure while allowing great flexability
    - - Function: Tensile strength with ability to absorb compressive shock
      - Location: Bones
      - Description: Matrix similar to but less firm than matrix hyaline carilage
      - Description: Thick collagen fibers predominate
  - - - Dense Irregular
        
        Function: provides structural strength
        
        Location: Found in the dermis of the skin
        
        Description: Primarily irregularly arranged collagen fibers
        
        Function: Able to withstand tension exerted in many directions
        
        Description: Some elastic fiber
        
        Description: Major cell type is fibroblast; few elastic fibers
      - Elastic
        
        Description: Dense regular tissue containing high proportion of elastic fibers
        
        Function: allows recoil of tissue following stretching
        
        Location: Walls of large arteries; within the walls of the brachial tubes
        
        Location: Found between vertebrae
        
        Function: Maintains pulsatile flow of blood through arteries
      - Dense Regular
        
        Function: Attaches muscles to bones or to other muscles
        
        Location: Tendons, most ligaments
        
        Description: Primarily parallel collagen fibers
        
        Function: Withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction
        
        Description: Major cell type is fibroblast
    - - Areolar
        
        Function: Wraps around and cushions organs
        
        Location: Widely distributed under epithelia of body
        
        Description: Gel-like matrix with all three fiber types
        
        Function: Plays important role in inflammation
        
        Description: fibroblast, macrophages, mast cells, and some white
      - Adipose
        
        Location: Within abdomen and in breasts
        
        Location:Under the skin; around kidneys and eyeballs
        
        Description: Closely packed adipocytes, or fat cells
        
        Function: Provides reserved fuel
        
        Function: Insulates against heat loss and protects organs
      - Reticular
        
        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