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Connective Tissue Proper
Dense Connective Tissue
Dense CT`
- Densly packed collage and or elastic fibers.
- 1. If mostly collagen= high strength
- 2. If mostly elastin= Stretchy
- 3. POOR BLOOD SUPPLY
- 4. Hard to repair itself
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Connective Tissue Proper
Dense Connective Tissue
Types of DCT
- 1. Dense regular
- 2. Dense Irregular
- 3. Elastic
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Connective Tissue Proper
Dense Connective Tissue
Dense regular
- 1. Tendons- connects muscle to bone
- 2. tightly packed collegen
- 3. white and fiberous
- 5. Fibers running the same direction,
- strong in one direction UNIDIRECTIONAL STRENGTH
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Connective Tissue Proper
Dense Connective Tissue
Dense Irregular CT
- 1. Collegen fibers
- 2. Fibers in all directions
- 3. Strong but not as strong as regular
- 4. SHEETS SKIN, capsules on some organs
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Connective Tissue Proper
Dense Connective Tissue
Elastic CT
- 1. Stretchy and Strong
- 2. Vocal Cords, some ligiments EX vert, bone to bone
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