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Connective Tissue - Coggle Diagram

- - - - muscle attachments, fascia lata, and tendons
    - - adipose
        
        unilocular
        
        peripheral nucleus
        
        mostly composed of one large lipid droplet
        
        most common adipose
        
        multilocular (brown fat)
        
        hibernating animals
        
        neonates
        
        multiple lipid droplets
        
        multiple mitochondria for heat generation
        
        central nucleus
      - reticular
- - - - create extracellular fibers and ground substance
      - can remain quiescent
      - can de-differentiate to become other cell types
  - - - immigrant
      - derived from B-lymphos in blood
      - often located in intestinal mucosa, uterus, lymphoid organs, sites of inflammation
      - wagon wheel appearance
      - produce antibodies
    - - resident or immigrant
      - derive from blood monocytes
      - vacuolated
      - phagocytic, go where there is a mess
    - - resident cell
      - common in loose CT (skin, intestine, around blood vessels)
      - rich in histamine and heparin
- - - - most common in body
      - locations
        
        dermis
        
        fascia
        
        bones
        
        ligaments
        
        tendons
      - organized into regular or irregular bundles
      - high tensile strength
    - - reticular fibers
        
        coated by proteoglycans and glycoproteins
        
        needs silver stain
        
        locations
        
        beneath basal lamina
        
        surrounds muscles
        
        capillaries
        
        nerves
        
        adipose tissue
        
        supports and binds cells
        
        integral part of basement membrane
    - - makes up basement membrane, which is beneath all epithelia
      - does not organize into fibrils
  - - - vocal cords
      - epiglottis
      - lungs
      - aorta
      - dermis