GROUND SUBSTANCE
COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT VISCOUS GEL PRESENT B/W CELLS & FIBERS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
COMPOSITION
PROTEOGLYCANS
GAGS + PROTEIN CORE
(90-95%) + (5%)
GLYCOPROTEINS
PROTEINS + CHO
(90-95%) + (5%)
PROTEOGLYCANS
GAGS COVALENTLY BOUND PROTEIN CORE
BASOPHILIC
HYDRATED GEL
GROWTH FACTORS
GAGS
UNBRANCHED LONG CHAIN POLY SACCHARIDES
REPEATING DISACCHARIDE UNITS
URONIC ACID + HEXOSAMINE + -VE CHARGED UNIT( sulphate, carboxyl, hydroxyl)
-VE CHARGED SO4 0R CARBOXYL
BASOPHILIC
HYDRATED GEL
SULPHATED & NON SULPHATED
SULPHATED GAG
CHONDROITIN 4 & 6 SO4
CARTILAGE
KERATAN SO4 CORNEA CARTILAGE NUCLEUS
PULPOSUS
INCREASES WITH AGE
DERMATAN SO4
SKIN
HEPARAN SO4 AORTA LUNG LIVER BASAL
LAMINA
NONSULPHATED
HYALURONIC ACID
LONG CHAIN NON SO4 GAG WITHOUT A PROTEIN CORE
ALL ECM (embryonic & developing)
INTERACTS WITH SPECIFIC RECEPTORS ON THE CELLS
PROTEOGLYCAN AGGREGATE (LINKER PROTEIN)
VISCOUS SOLUTION
GLYCOPROTEINS PROTEIN + CHO
FILAMENTOUS PROTEINS
ADHESIVE PROPERTY
GLCOSYLATED
BINDING SITES FOR
ECM MOLECULES
CELL ADHESION MOLECULES
SIGNALING MOLECULES
FUNCTIONS OF GROUND SUBSTANCE
FILLS SPACES
LUBRICANT
BARRIER
LOOSE C.T.
MOST GENERALIZED CELLULAR, ABUNDANT GROUND
SUBSTANCE & FEW FIBERS FIBROBLAST, FAT CELL & WANDERING
CELLS VISCOUS GEL LIKE GROUND SUBSTANCE THIN MESH WORK OF COLLAGEN &
ELASTIC FIBER HIGHLY VASCULAR SUPERFICIAL FACIA,BENEATH EPITHELIUM FUNCTIONS
DENSE C.T.REGULAR & IRREGULAR
DENSE PACKING OF FIBER
FEW CELLS & LITTLE GROUND SUBSTANCE
LIMITED VASCULAR SUPPLY
REGULAR & IRREGULAR
DENSE IRREGULAR C.T.
THICK BUNDLES OF COLLAGEN
RUNNING IN ALL DIRECTIONS
AREAS SUBJECT TO CONSIDREABLE MECHANICAL STRESS
DENSE REGULAR C.T.
DENSELY PACKED // FIBERS
CORDS BANDS OR SHEETS
TENDONS LIGAMENT & APONEUROSES
GREAT TENSILE STRENGTH
TENDON
CORD LIKE
WHITE INEXTENSIBLE
CELLS IN ROWS // FIBER
TENDON CELL
ENDOTENDINEUM, EPITENDINEUM
APONEUROSES
Sheet of // fibers, adjacent layer at angle
LIGAMENTS
Similar to tendon less regular, fibrous or yellow elastic
C.T with SPECIAL PROPERTIES
ADIPOSE, RETICULAR, PIGMENTED
ADIPOSE TISSUE
FAT STORING TISSUE
ADIPOCYTES
RICH BLOOD SUPPLY
WHITE & BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE
WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE
UNILOCULAR ADIPOCYTES (SIGNET
RING)
SPHERICAL POLYHEDRAL
CONDENSED LIPID + VIMENTIN
ORGANIC SOLVENT XYLENE
ENERGY STORAGE INSULATION & CUSHIONING OF VITAL ORGANS
LEPTIN & CYTOKINES
LIPOMAS & LIPOSARCOMAS
BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE
SMALLER, MULTILOCULAR, NUCLEUS ROUND ECCENTRIC OF CAPILLARIES
RICH SUPPLY
> MITOCHONDRIA WITH CYTOCHROME OXIDASE
< GOLGI, r ER & s ER
RETICULAR C.T.
RETICULAR FIBERS & RETICULAR CELLS
DELICATE NETWORK
RETICULAR CELLS, CYTOPLASMIC PROCESSES, PARTIALLY COVER THE RETICULAR FIBERS, MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTIC SYSTEM
HEMATOPOIETIC & LYMPHOID ORGANS