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Connective tissue (Bone (Stores calcium and other minerals and fat, Very…

- - - - Able to withstand tension exerted in many directions
      - Found in dermis of skin
      - Major cell type is fibroblast; few elastic fibers
      - Primary irregular arranged collagen fibers
      - Some elastic fibers
      - Provides structural strength
    - - Attaches muscles to bones or to other muscles
      - Tendons, most ligaments
      - Primarily parallel collagen fibers
      - Major cell type is fibroblast
      - Withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction
    - - Allows recoils of tissue following streching
      - Dense regular connective tissue containing high proportion of elastic fibers
      - Walls of large arteries; within the walls of the brachial tubes
      - Maintains pulsatile flow of blood though arteries
  - - - Gel-like matrix with all three fiber types
      - Wraps and cushions organs
      - Widely distributed under epithelia of body
      - Plays important role in inflamation
    - - Network of reticular fibers in a typical loose ground substance
      - Cells: fibroblast, macrophages, mast cells, and some white
      - Found in lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen
      - Fibers form a soft internal skeleton that supports other cell types
    - - Under the skin; around kidneys and eyeballs
      - Provides reserved fuel
      - Closely packed adipocytes, or fat cells
      - Within abdomen and in the brests
      - Insulates against heart loss and protects organs