CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Question 1

cells are scattered in extracellular matrix

Answer 1

connective tissue

Question 2

major constituents: ECM and Fibroblasts

Answer 2

connective tissue

Question 3

abundant ECM

Answer 3

Connective tissue

Question 4

binds body parts together

Answer 4

connective tissue

Question 5

envelops muscle

Answer 5

connective tissue

Question 6

avenue for blood vessels and nerves

Answer 6

connective tissue

Question 7

avenue for gas exchange

Answer 7

connective tissue

Question 8

provide cells that defend the body

Answer 8

connective tissue

Question 9

embryonic origin

Answer 9

mesenchyme (mesoderm)

Question 10

epithelia + neural

Answer 10

ectoderm

Question 11

organs+ some epithelial

Answer 11

endoderm

Question 12

connective+ muscle+ some epithelial

Answer 12

mesoderm

Question 13

abundant water; consists of non-fibrous molecules

Answer 13

ground substance

Question 14

shapeless; transparent hydrated gel

Answer 14

ground substance

Question 15

responsible for gelatinous character of ground

Answer 15

proteoglycans

Question 16

core protein of proteoglycans

Answer 16

glycosaminoglycans

Question 17

present in all connective tissue

Answer 17

collagen fiber

Question 18

most common and main extracellular fiber of connective tissue

Answer 18

collagen fiber

Question 19

most abundant protein in the body

Answer 19

collagen

Question 20

made up of collagen type 1

Answer 20

collagen fiber

Question 21

blue collagen fibers appear in what stain?

Answer 21

masson’s trichrome

Question 22

have the ability to return to their original shape after being stretched or compressed

Answer 22

elastic fiber

Question 23

can branch out and anastome

Answer 23

elastic fiber