Connective Tissue Review

Connective tissue is

• The tissue that protects, supports, and binds together other body tissue
• Tissue that is the lining, covering, and glandular tissue of the body
• Tissue that contracts and shortens to produce movement

Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue?

• Bone
• Cartilage
• Skin
• Blood

Which is NOT one of the 3 components of connective tissue?

• Ground substance

• Fibers

• Cells

• Basement membrane

Immature connective tissue cells that are actively forming substances in the matrix end in which suffix?

• blast

• clast

• cyte

Mature, less active cells in connective tissue end in which suffix?

• blast

• clast

• cyte

Connective tissue fibers include

• proteoglycans, adhesion proteins and interstitial
• collagen, elastic and reticular
• osteoblasts, fibroblasts and hemoblasts

Which type of connective tissue is shown?

• Bone

• Areolar

• Blood

• Adipose

This type of connective tissue forms strong rope-like structures such as tendons and ligaments.

• Loose connective

• Dense connective

• Cartilage

• Bone

Most connective tissue is well vascularized. What does that mean?

• Poor blood supply
• Good blood supply

Which type of connective tissue is shown?

• Adipose

• Cartilage

• Dense Elastic

• Areolar