Connective Tissue

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

• Bone
• Cartilage
• Skin
• Blood

Commonly known as fat. Forms the subcutaneous layer beneath skin.

• Blood
• Bone
• Cartilage
• Adipose

This tissue carries nutrients, waste, respiratory gases, and many other substances throughout the body.

• Bone
• Cartilage
• Blood
• Adipose

Which connective tissue contains a gel-like matrix and is found in the nose, ear, and at the end of bones.

• Bone
• Cartilage
• Blood
• Adipose

Connective tissue is

• The tissue that protects, supports, binds together, stores fat, produces blood cells
• Tissue that is the lining, covering, and glandular tissue of the body
• Tissue that contracts and shortens to produce movement

This type of cartilage is highly resistant to wear and found at the ends of bones?

• Hyaline
• Fibrocartilage
• Elastic 
• Adipose

Found in the vertebra this type of connective tissue contains many elastic (yellow) fibers

• Hyaline
• Elastic
• Dense
• Reticular

Which type of fiber is the thickest and has the highest tensile strength?

• collagen

• elastin

• reticular

Which type of fiber is long and thin and allows for stretch and recoil?

• collagen

• elastin

• reticular

Which type of cell is found in bone tissue?

• fibroblast

• chondrocyte

• fat cell

• osteocyte