4.4 Connective Tissue

Question 1

Connective tissue is?

Answer 1

Vascular ( it has a rich blood supply)

Question 2

Two major components of Extracellular matrix of connective tissue are

Answer 2

The ground substance and fibers ( three types)

Question 3

Three types of fibers

Answer 3

Collagen fibers, elastic fibers and reticular fibers

Question 4

Collagen fibers

Answer 4

Very strong and resist pulling forces. Not stiff which allows tissue flexibility

Question 5

Elastic fibers

Answer 5

Smaller in diameter than collagen fibers, branch and join together to form a fibrous network within a connective tissue

Question 6

Reticular fibers

Answer 6

Arranged in fine bundles, support in the walls of blood vessels and form a network around the cells in some tissues.

Question 7

Reticular fibers form the what of many soft organs

Answer 7

Stroma

Question 8

What forms the stroma of many soft organs

Answer 8

Reticular fibers

Question 9

Connective tissue consists of two basic elements

Answer 9

Extracellular matrix and cells.