Connective Tissue Review

• Compact bone

• Elastic Cartilage

• Adipose

• Fibrocartilage

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Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue?

• Bone

• Cartilage

• Muscle

• Blood

Most connective tissue is well vascularized. What does that mean?

• Poor blood supply

• Good blood supply

This type of connective tissue has a liquid matrix called plasma.

• Bone

• Loose connective

• Blood

• Adipose

This cell synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen.

• collagen fibers

• reticular fibers

• elastic fibers

• fibroblasts

These are cells that stores lipids as droplet that fill most of the cytoplasm.

• Adipose

• Adipocytes

• Adpocytes

• Adicytes

What type of cells are found in the cartilage?

• fibroblasts

• macrophages

• osteocytes

• chondrocytes

Which type of fiber is long and thin and allows for stretch and recoil?

• collagen

• elastin

• reticular

Which type of fiber is the thickest and has the highest tensile strength?

• collagen

• elastin

• reticular

Which type of fiber has short, fine highly branched fibers?

• collagen

• elastin

• reticular