Connective Tissue

Question 1

How is areolar connective tissue histologically named?

Answer 1

LCT loose connective tissue

Question 2

What do fibroblasts secrete?

Answer 2

Collagen, elastin, and reticulin

Question 3

How is hyaline cartilage classified?

Answer 3

DCCTRA dense collagenous connective tissue regularly arranged

Question 4

How is the perichondrium histologically classified?

Answer 4

DCCTRA dense collagenous connective tissue regularly arranged

Question 5

How is elastic cartilage histologically classified?

Answer 5

DECTRA dense elastic connective tissue regularly arranged

Question 6

How is fibrocartilage histologically classified? Does it have a perichondrial layer?

Answer 6

DCCTIRA dense collagenous connective tissue irregularly arranged
No. Fibrocartilage lacks a perichondrium

Question 7

How is the lamina propria histologically classified and where is it found?

Answer 7

LCT loose connective tissue

Found immediately below the epithelium and making up the bulk of the mucosa

Question 8

Where is the muscularis mucosa found?

Answer 8

Separating the mucosa from the submucosa

Question 9

How is the submucosa of the GI tract histologically defined?

Answer 9

Highly vascularized LCT

Question 10

What is the other name for the hepatic capsule? How is it named histologically?

Answer 10

Glisson’s

DCCTRA dense collagenous connective tissue regularly arranged

Question 11

What is the histological name for tendon?

Answer 11

DCCTRA cense collagenous connective tissue regularly arranged

Question 12

How are ligaments named histologically? How are they distinguished from tendons?

Answer 12

DECTRA dense elastic connective tissue regularly arranged

Less regular than tendon. Elastic fibers stain black.