Connective Tissue Quiz

What is the most abundant type of tissue in the body?

• Muscle tissue

• Nervous tissue

• Connective tissue

• Epithelial tissue

What is the material that fills the space between the cells and connects all the fibers in connective tissue?

• Interstitial fluid

• Synovial fluid

• Blood plasma

• Lymphatic fluid

Which type of fiber in connective tissue is made predominately of the protein collagen?

• Collagen fibers

• Reticular fibers

• Elastic fibers

• Fibroblasts

What suffix is used for immature cells in connective tissue that have not yet differentiated?

• -mer

• -cyte

• -blast

• -clast

Which type of connective tissue consists of fat cells that store nutrients and insulate the body?

• Elastic connective tissue

• Areolar connective tissue

• Reticular connective tissue

• Adipose connective tissue

Which type of cartilage is the most abundant and is amorphous but firm?

• Elastic cartilage

• Fibrocartilage

• Hyaline cartilage

• Dense cartilage

What component makes bone so hard?

• Elastin

• Proteoglycans

• Inorganic calcium salts

• Collagen

What is the nonliving fluid matrix that surrounds blood cells in the blood?

• Interstitial fluid

• Blood plasma

• Lymphatic fluid

• Synovial fluid

Which type of tissue will be discussed when the muscular system is investigated?

• Connective tissue

• Nervous tissue

• Epithelial tissue

• Muscle tissue

Which type of tissue will be discussed when the nervous system is investigated?

• Connective tissue

• Muscle tissue

• Nervous tissue

• Epithelial tissue