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Tissue that supports and provides metabolic support to other tissues, containing blood vessels and cells like adipocytes.

The non-cellular component of connective tissue. It includes fibers and ground substance (proteoglycans, glycoproteins, etc).

Most abundant fibers, providing high tensile strength and flexibility to the connective tissue.

Allow tissues to stretch and return to their original shape.

Provide support for cells and tissues, abundant in lymph nodes.

Cells responsible for producing collagen, reticular, and elastic fibers.

Amorphous component of ECM containing molecules like proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans.

Support, defense, nutrient exchange, fat storage, and thermoregulation are the key functions of connective tissue.

The component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) that's not fibers; it's rich in proteoglycans, GAGs, and glycoproteins.

Giant molecules formed when proteoglycans bind to hyaluronan, regulating movement in the ECM.

Cells permanently residing in connective tissue, including fibroblasts, macrophages, adipocytes, mast cells, and adult stem cells.

Cells that migrate through the connective tissue from blood vessels, including lymphocytes, plasma cells, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes.

The main cells in connective tissue, responsible for making collagen and other ECM components.

Phagocytic cells in connective tissue, important for immune responses, containing many lysosomes.

Embryonic connective tissue with small, spindle-shaped cells, forming a network, and a viscous ground substance.

Specialized fat-storing cells that also produce hormones.

Connective tissue with collagen fibers arranged in various directions, providing strength to withstand stresses.

Connective tissue with collagen fibers arranged in parallel, providing strength in one direction like a rope.

Cord-like structures connecting muscle to bone, composed of parallel collagen fibers.

Connective tissue connecting bone to bone, containing less-organized collagen fibers than tendons.

Broad, flattened tendons connecting muscles.

Thick layer of dense irregular connective tissue in the dermis, resisting stretching.

A layer of dense irregular connective tissue in hollow organs, resisting stretching.

Thin connective tissue capsule surrounding tendon substance.

Aponeuroses have collagen fibers arranged in multiple layers at 90° angles to each other, forming dense regular connective tissue.

Mesenchymal stem cells have the ability to transform into various adult connective tissue cells, such as osteocytes, chondrocytes, adipocytes, and neural-like cells.

White adipose tissue stores energy as triglycerides and produces hormones (adipokines).

A specialized, gelatinous extracellular matrix found in the umbilical cord, crucial for supporting the cord's structure.

Cells isolated from Wharton's Jelly that demonstrate the capacity to become various connective tissue types like bone, cartilage, fat, or nerve cells.

Brown adipose tissue generates heat (thermogenesis) by uncoupling lipid oxidation from ATP production.

Brown adipose tissue is abundant in newborns but significantly reduced in adults.

Connective tissue with sparse collagen fibers and abundant ground substance, allowing for diffusion and immune response.

Adipocytes can change from white to brown or brown to white (trans-differentiate) based on the body's needs.

Dense connective tissue with numerous collagen fibers interwoven in different directions, offering strength in multiple directions.

Dense connective tissue with collagen fibers arranged in parallel bundles, providing strength in one specific direction.

Reticular connective tissue makes up the support framework (stroma) of lymphatic organs like the spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow.

Connective tissues categorized into loose and dense connective tissue, further divided based on fiber organization.

White adipocytes are large cells, often over 100 micrometers in diameter, with a single lipid droplet.

Brown adipocytes are smaller than white adipocytes and contain many lipid droplets; they generate heat via mitochondrial uncoupling.

Connective tissue forms supportive structures and provides metabolic support, with varying density and fiber arrangement.