Connecting and Supporting Tissues Quiz

Which type of connecting/ supportive tissue is not vascularized?

• Adipose tissue

• Bone

• Articular Cartilage

• Dermis

Which of the following is not a function of adipose tissue?

• Shock absorption

• Fat storage

• Heat Insulation

• Haematopoiesis

In Supporting Tissue the provision of bulk, tensile strength and elasticity are important features. _________ is principally involved in the provision of elasticity while _________ allows for tensile strength.

• Titin, Elastin

• Elastin, Collagen

• Keratin, Collagen

• Collagen, Elastin

Regulating permeability to certain molecules, binding epithelium to underlying tissue and limiting epithelial downgrowth are all functions of:

• The Basement Membrane

• None of the above

• Ground Substance

• Collagen

Which of the following does not correspond to a stage of wound healing?

• Plasmic imbibition

• Remodelling

• Proliferation

• Inflammation

The most abundant protein in the body is

• Collagen

• Elastin

• Laminin

• Keratin

Tissue scavenging, phagocytosis, antigen presentation and cytokine release are functions of:

• Fibroblasts

• Reticulocytes

• Erythrocytes

• Macrophages

The name/ number given to the main structural form of collagen which can be found in the dermis and which is converted from type III collagen during wound healing is:

• Type I

• Type VII

• Type II

• Type IV

Vasoconstriction, Platelet aggregation and Thrombus formation occur during which phase of wound healing?

• Haemostatic

• Proliferative

• Remodelling

• None of the above

The feature which is present in Connecting tissue but absent in Epithelial tissue is:

• Blood vessels

• Stem cells

• Contact with the basement membrane

• None of the above