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If you have any further questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contac t a member of your healthcare team Where is the clinic held The clinic is held on Thursday afternoons in t he cardiac outpatients department at St Thomas Hospital You sho. Connective Tissue. Found everywhere in the body. Most abundant and widely distributed of the primary tissues. Major functions. :. Binding and support (bone and cartilage). Protection (bone and cartilage). Seema. . Zargar. Most diverse and abundant tissue. Main classes. Connective tissue proper. Cartilage. Bone tissue. Blood. Characteristics. Mesenchyme. as their common tissue of origin (. mesenchyme. CONNECTIVE TISSUE. I. t is a type of tissue that connect and support other body tissues, also called supporting tissue.. CLASSIFOCATION:. Classified on the basis of following four criteria. Relative proportion of various fibers. CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER ADIPOSE TISSUE q Adult connective tissues Connective Tissue Cells. Connective tissue proper . cells are usually divided into two groups based on their ability to move within the connective tissue. .. FIXED CELLS:. . Fibrocytes. (or fibroblasts) . * most abundant and widely distributed tissue. * functions:. binds structures together. supports and protects . fills spaces. produces blood cells. stores energy. provides immunity. CONNECTIVE TISSUE. Connective tissue is one of the basic tissues which gives structural and metabolic support to the organ and other tissue of the body.. It connects other tissues.. . A. Connective Tissue General Characteristics. 1. . Connective tissues:. a. Bind. . b. Support. . c. Protect. . d. serve . as frameworks. . e. fill . spaces. . f. store . fat. . g. produce . Connective Tissue - Recall. Epithelial Tissue (yesterday’s material). Basement Membrane. Connective Tissue. Three common types of cells found in connective tissue matrix:. 1. . Mast cells . – prevent blood clots. MMHS Anatomy. Location and Description. Location. :. Found throughout the body but never exposed to the . external. environment.. Description. :. Made up of . specialized. cells.. Contains extracellular . VIBS 289. . . Larry Johnson Texas A&M University. Mast cell. Macrophage. Fibroblasts. Fibroblasts. Plasma cell. Fat cells. Function of Connective Tissue. Zahiri. Formation of Type I collagen. Within . the cell. During translation, two types of peptide chains are formed on ribosomes along the . RER. (. the alpha-1 and alpha-2 . chains). These . peptide chains (known as . (cartilage and bone. ). Specialized Connective Tissue . * Include : Skeletal connective tissue (cartilage and bone).. skeletal connective tissue. :. Cartilage:. is a flexible connective tissue that keeps . -our second tissue type-. Text readings: chapter. 5. Connective Tissue. Lecture Outline. Function and Common Characteristics of all Connective Tissues. Connective Tissue Proper : its cells, fibers, and ground substance.