Connective Tissue

Question 0

Characterized by loosely arranged fibers and abundant cells of various types

Answer 0

Loose connective tissue

Question 1

Produces the extracellular fibers that serve a structural role in the tissue

Answer 1

Fibroblast

Question 2

Main functional component of tendons, ligaments and aponeuroses

Answer 2

Dense regular connective tissue

Question 3

Cordlike structure that attach muscle to bone

Answer 3

Tendon

Question 4

Join bone to bone such as in the spinal column which requires elasticity

Answer 4

Ligaments

Question 5

Most abundant structural component of the connective tissue

Answer 5

Collage fibers

Question 6

These types are characterized by uninterrupted glycine-proline-hydroxyproline in their triple helixes aggregate to form 68-nm banded fibrils

Answer 6

Fibrillar collagens

Question 7

Have interruptions in their triple helixes that provide flexibility to the molecule

Answer 7

Fibril-associated collagen with interrupted triple helixes(FACITs)

Question 8

Forms beaded filaments

Answer 8

Type 6 collagen

Question 9

Forms anchoring fibrils that attach the basement membrane to the ECM

Answer 9

Type 7 collagen