Histology Lecture 05

Connective Tissue Proper includes loose, dense regular and dense irregular types

• True

• False

Loose connective tissue is continuous within a compartment formed by epithelium and the wrappings of blood vessels and the limiting basal lamina of nerves muscle

• True

• False

Which of the following cell types is not a fixed connective tissue cell?

• Mast cell

• Adipocyte

• Fibroblast

• Neutrophil

• Macrophage

Which of the following mobile cells in loose connective tissue may transform into a family of macrophages?

• Lymphocyte

• Eosinophil

• Neutrophil

• Monocyte

Which of the following accurately describes the function of a fibroblast?

• Secretes collagen

• Sevretes elastin

• Secretes glycosaminoglycans

• Secretes hyaluronic acid

• All of the above are true

Classify the tissue represented by this specimen

• Dense Irregular Connective Tissue

• Dense regular connective tissue

• Loose connective tissue