Connective Tissue Quiz

Tendons and ligaments are classified as ________.

• skeletal muscle

• loose connective

• areolar connective

• dense connective

___ tissue is commonly called fat.

• Adipose

• Bone

• Reticular

• Dense fibrous

Which of the following is NOT classified as a connective tissue?

• Bone

• Hyaline cartilage

• Blood

• Simple Squamous

1. Bone is best described as ________.

• dense connective tissue

• epithelial tissue

• areolar tissue

• Osseous tissue

The presence of chondrocytes indicates that a tissue is ________.

• Adipose

• Cartilage

• Bone

• Blood

• Areolar

Jacinda tore her Achilles (calcaneal) tendon during a recent track meet. She has injured ________.

• muscle tissue

• loose connective tissue

• epithelial tissue

• dense connective tissue

Which type of connective tissue is avascular?

• Adipose

• Areolar

• Reticular

• Cartilage

• Bone

Which of the following is classified as loose connective tissue?

• Areolar

• Bone

• Blood

• elastic

1. The space surrounding the cell body in a connective tissue that is often gel-like or watery (designated by the arrow) is known as the

• elastic fibers

• ground substance

• epithelial tissue

• collagen fibers

2 types of fibers are found in connective tissues are:

a. b. labile & stable c. d.

• elastic & collagen

• parenchymal & stromal

• adipose & elastic

• tendons and ligaments