Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Connective Tissue
- Loose
- Areola
- Widely distributed
throughout the
body
- Wraps and cushions organs, can
soak up excess fluid
- Adipose
- In the hypodermis and
around organs and joints
- Insulate, support, protects and
acts as an energy reserve
- Reticular
- liver, spleen and lymph nodes (soft
organs)
- Forms a scaffolding (stroma)
- Dense
- Regular
- Tendons and ligaments
- Provides Strength along one axis/ direction
- Irregular
- Dermis, ligaments, tendons
- Provides strength when forces
are pulling from many different
directions
- Elastic
- Few ligaments e.g between
adjacent vertebrae
- Allows strengthening on
arteries (especially the
aorta and in the lungs)
- Cartilage
- Hyaline
- End of long bones, end of ribs
- Forms fetal skeleton, covers ends of long
bones, provides smooth surface for joint
movement, flexibility and support
- Fibrocartilage
- Intervertebral, knees
- Strong, tough cartilage,
absorbs compressive,
forms intervertebral
discs, menisci and pubic
- Elastic
- the external ear and nose
and the epiglottis
- Provides strength
and elasticity
- Bone (Osseous) Tissue
- Spongy bone
- In the ends of long bones
and within most short
and flat bones
- Helps the
bone to
resist stress
- Compact Bone
- makes up the
external layer of all
bones
- able to resist compression
and tension
- Liquid
- Blood
- within the heart and
blood vessels
- transport materials around the
body and help fight disease
- Lymph
- lymph
vessels