Connective Tissue Quiz

True or False: Connective tissue is the most abundant type of tissue in the human body.

• True

• False

True or False: All organs of the body have the same amount of connective tissue.

• True

• False

Which is NOT a class of connective tissue?

• Connective tissue proper

• Cartilage

• Bone

• Muscle

• Blood

Which is NOT a function of connective tissues?

• Binding & supporting

• Sending nerve impulses through the body

• Insulating

• Transporting substances

• Fuel reserve

Which is NOT a reason that connective tissues are grouped together?

• They all are avascular

• They all develop from the same embryonic tissue

• They all have an extracellular matrix

What is the embryonic tissue called that all connective tissues develop from?

• Ectochyme

• Reticular tissue

• Areolar tissue

• Mesenchyme

What is true about the matrix?

• It is living and made of cells

• It is non-living and not made of cells

• It is found in epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, nervous tissue, and connective tissue

• It is always solid

What is the watery, unstructured material that fills the space between matrix cells called?

• Mesenchyme

• Reticulum

• Ground substance

• Basement membrane

Which matrix protein is strong and provides strength?

• Elastic fibers

• Collagen fibers

• Reticular fibers

Which matrix protein is thin and provides the ability for a tissue to stretch and bounce back?

• Elastic fibers

• Collagen fibers

• Reticular fibers