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

True

100

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

  1. Elastic fibers

  2. Collagen fibers

  3. Reticular fibers  

Elastic fibers

100

True or False: Connective tissue proper is the most diverse type of connective tissue. 

True

100

Has closely packed, parallel collagen fibers running through it

Regular Dense

100

Allows tissue to bounce back after stretching

Elastic

200

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

False

200

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

  1. Mesenchyme

  2. Reticulum

  3. Ground substance

  4. Basement membrane

Ground substance

200

What is the difference between loose and dense connective tissue proper?

  1. Dense has many spaces in the matrix, loose has few spaces in the matrix

  2. Loose has many spaces in the matrix, dense has few spaces in the matrix

Loose has many spaces in the matrix, dense has few spaces in the matrix

200

A type of dense CT with a high number of elastic fibers 

Elastic

200

Strong when pulled in many directions

Irregular Dense

300

Which is NOT a class of connective tissue?

  1. Connective tissue proper

  2. Cartilage

  3. Bone

  4. Muscle

  5. Blood

Muscle

300

Which matrix protein is strong and provides strength?

  1. Elastic fibers

  2. Collagen fibers

  3. Reticular fibers

Collagen fibers

300

Which the most common type of connective tissue in the entire body?

  1. Reticular CT

  2. Irregular dense CT

  3. Regular dense CT

  4. Areolar CT

Areolar CT

300

Has very little matrix and is made of tightly packed fat cells

Adipose
300

Strong when pulled in one direction; connects muscles to bones or bones to bones

Regular Dense

400

Which is NOT a function of connective tissues?

  1. Binding & supporting

  2. Sending nerve impulses through the body

  3. Insulating

  4. Transporting substances

  5. Fuel reserve

Sending nerve impulses through the body

400

What is true about the matrix?

  1. It is living and made of cells

  2. It is non-living and not made of cells

  3. It is found in epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, nervous tissue, and connective tissue

  4. It is always solid

It is non-living and not made of cells

400

Which types of connective tissue belong in dense connective tissue?

  1. Areolar, reticular, adipose

  2. Reticular, elastic, irregular

  3. Regular, irregular, elastic

  4. Areolar, adipose, elastic

  5. Regular, irregular, reticular

Regular, irregular, elastic

400

Has a gel-like ground substance with all 3 fiber types

Areolar

400

Energy reserves, insulates body heat, cushions organs

Adipose

500

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

  1. They all are avascular

  2. They all develop from the same embryonic tissue

  3. They all have an extracellular matrix

They all are avascular

500

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

  1. Ectochyme

  2. Reticular tissue

  3. Areolar tissue

  4. Mesenchyme

Mesenchyme

500

Which types of connective tissue belong in loose connective tissue?

  1. Areolar, reticular, adipose

  2. Reticular, elastic, irregular

  3. Regular, irregular, elastic

  4. Areolar, adipose, elastic

  5. Regular, irregular, reticular

Areolar, reticular, adipose

500

Has a gel-like ground substance, but lacks collagen and elastic fibers in the matrix (only reticular fibers)

Reticular

500

Forms a “soft skeleton” that supports other cells

Reticular