Connective Tissue

Question 0

Loose arrangement of collagenous and elastic fibers; scattered cells of various types; abundant ground substance; numerous blood vessels

Answer 0

Areolar tissue

Question 1

Loose network of reticular fibers and cells, infiltrated with numerous leukocytes, especially lymphocytes

Answer 1

Reticular tissue

Question 2

Elastic fibers form weblike mesh amid lacunae. (Bigger bubbly looking)
Always covered by perichondrium

Answer 2

Elastic cartilage

Question 3

Densely packed collagen fibers running in random directions.
Scarcity of blood vessels.

Answer 3

Dense irregular connective tissue

Question 4

Large empty-looking cells with thin margins. Tissue sections often very pale.

Answer 4

Adipose tissue

Question 6

Parallel collagen fibers similar to those of a tendon. Rows of chondrocytes in lacunae between collagen fibers.
Never has a perichondrium.

Answer 6

Fibrocartilage

Question 7

Erythrocytes appear as pale pink disks with light centers and no nuclei.

Answer 7

Blood

Question 8

Densely packed, parallel, often wavy collagen fibers.

Scarcity of blood vessels.

Answer 8

Dense regular connective tissue

Question 9

Clear glassy matrix. (Bubbly looking appearance)

Chondrites enclosed in lacunae.

Answer 9

Hyaline cartilage

Question 9

Calcified matrix arranged in concentric lamellae around central canals. Osteocytes in lacunae between adjacent lamellae; lacunae interconnected by delicate canaliculi

Answer 9

Compact Bone