5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- Connective Tissue Proper, cartilage, bone, and blood
- Loose connective (areolar) tissue
- Simple columnar epithelium
- Hyaline Cartilage
- a characterized by fibers that are irregularly arranged in the matrix; two types of fibers are present: collagen and elastic.
- b Four general categories of connective tissue
- c composed of cells that are taller than they are wide, and the nucleus is located towards the base of the cell.
- d composed of collagen and chondrocytes
- e Lacunae, which hold the osteocyte (bone cells), are arranged in concentric rings around the central Haversian canal.
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- cartilage cells located within round-ovoid spaces called lacunae.
- characterized by a fluid, semisolid, or solid matrix in which cells and fibers are embedded; four general catergories.
- have cross-striations and are branched; adjacent fibers are separated by dark-staining structures called intercalated disks; single nucleus in each cardiac muscle fiber.
- connective tissue with semisolid matrix; within matrix are fibers and chondrocytes.
- has several cells layers
5 True/False Questions
Smooth muscle fibers → have no cross-striations; single elongated or ovoid nucleus is present in each fiber.
Skeletal muscle fibers → have no cross-striations; single elongated or ovoid nucleus is present in each fiber.
Muscle → consists of a hard matrix of calcium salts; the calcium salt makes it hard.
Dense Regular connective tissue → contains collagen fibers that are arranged in parallel. Between fibers are flattened rodlike nuclei of fibroblasts.
Collagen fibers → appear pink.