Ch. 4 (cont.)

Question 1

The ground substance and fibers between cells in a connective tissue

Answer 1

Matrix

Question 2

A large, flat cell that secretes most of the matrix (extra cellular) material of areolar and dense connective tissues

Answer 2

Fibroblasts

Question 3

A cell found in areolar connective tissue that releases, histamine, a dilator of small blood vessels, during inflammation

Answer 3

Mast cell

Question 4

(Also called fat cells) connective tissue cells that store triglycerides (fats)

Answer 4

Adipocyte

Question 5

A protein that is the main organic constituent of connective tissue

Answer 5

Collagen

Question 6

Can recoil to its original shape after being stretched

Answer 6

Elastin

Question 7

Consists of a dense network of collagen fibers and elastic fibers firmly embedded in chondroitin sulfate

Answer 7

Cartilage

Question 8

Cells of mature cartilage that occur singly or in groups

Answer 8

Chondrocyte

Question 9

Membrane of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds the surface of most cartilage

Answer 9

Perichondrium

Question 10

Bony; bone tissue

Answer 10

Osseous tissue

Question 11

Concentric rings of matrix that consist of mineral salts, which give bone its hardness, and collagen fibers, which give bone its strength

Answer 11

Lamellae

Question 12

Mature bone cells

Answer 12

Osteocytes

Question 13

Skeletal muscle tissue; the cells contain alternating light and dark bands called striations that are visible under a light microscope

Answer 13

Striated

Question 14

Can be made to contract or relax by conscious control

Answer 14

Voluntary

Question 15

Contraction is not consciously controlled

Answer 15

Involuntary

Question 16

Convert stimuli into nerve impulses and conduct these impulses to other _______, to muscle fibers, or to glands

Answer 16

Neurons

Question 17

The removal of a sample of a living tissue for microscopic examination

Answer 17

Biopsy

Question 18

Flat sheets of pliable tissue that cover or line a part of the body

Answer 18

Membrane

Question 19

Cells that constitute the functioning part of the tissue or organ

Answer 19

Parenchyma

Question 20

Undifferentiated cells that divide to replace lost or damaged cells

Answer 20

Stem cell

Question 21

The process in which the fibroblasts synthesize collagen and other matrix materials that aggregate to form scar tissue

Answer 21

Fibrosis