Cartilage

Question 0

Makes up the ground substance and accounts for the solid yet flexible consistency of the cartilage

Answer 0

Proteoglycans

Question 1

A semi-rigid form of supporting tissue with predominance of ground substance in the extracellular matrix

Answer 1

Cartilage

Question 2

True or False:

Cartilage are mostly devoid of blood vessels.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

From within, growth of the cartilage occurs by
A. Interstitial growth
B. Appositional growth

Answer 3

A. Apositional growth

Question 4

At the periphery, growth of the cartilage occurs by
A. Interstitial growth
B. Appositional growth

Answer 4

B. Appositional growth

Question 5

Mesenchymal cells

A. Stellate
B. Round

Answer 5

A. Stellate

Question 6

Chondroblast

A. Stellate
B. Round

Answer 6

B. Round

Question 7

Rounded cartilage precursor cells are called

Answer 7

Chondroblast

Question 8

Chondroblast undergoes mitotic division and forms cluster of small mature cells known as

Answer 8

Chondrocytes

Question 9

Characteristic cell of cartilages

Answer 9

Chondrocyte

Question 10

Maintains the integrity of the cartilage matrix

A. Chondroblast
B. Chondrocyte

Answer 10

B. Chondrocyte

Question 11

Flat, oval or spherical in shape that is lodged in a lacuna

Answer 11

Chondrocyte

Question 12

Arrangement of chondrocytes

Answer 12

Singly or in isogenous groups

Question 13

Zone of condense supporting tissue at the periphery of a mature cartilage is known as

Answer 13

Perichondrium

Question 14

Interterritorial / Cartilage matrix contains

A. Collagen
B. Glycosaminoglycans

Answer 14

A. Collagen

Question 15

Territorial / Capsular matrix found at the periphery of the cartilage contains

A. Collagen
B. Glycosaminoglycans

Answer 15

B. Glycosaminoglycans

Question 16

A dense layer of irregular fibrous tissue that always invests hyaline cartilage except at the surfaces of articular cartilage

Answer 16

Perichondrium

Question 17

True or False:

The perichondrium always invest hyaline cartilge.

Answer 17

False

- except at free surfaces of articular cartilage

Question 18

A place where something is formed and a medium enclosing other bodies

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Matrix

Question 19

Matrix comes from the Latin word

Answer 19

Womb

Question 20

Composition of matrix

Answer 20

Ground substance :protein polysaccharides

Connective tissue fibers

Question 21

What is the ground substance that makes up the matrix

Answer 21

Protein polysaccharides

Question 22

What are the three main types of a cartilage

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Hyaline
Elastic
Fibrocartilage

Question 23

Most common type of cartilage

Answer 23

Hyaline

Question 24

Cartilage found in the basal septum, larynx, tracheal rings, most articular surfaces and sternal end of the ribs

Answer 24

Hyaline

Question 25

Characterized by small aggregations of chondrocytes embedded in an amorphous matrix of ground substance reinforced by collagen fibers

Answer 25

Hyaline cartilage

Question 26

Matrix appears fairly amorphous because ground substance and collagen fibers have similar refractive index

Answer 26

Hyaline

Question 27

Extracellular matrix of hyaline cartilage is composed of?

Answer 27

Type II collagen fibrils | Aggrecan

Question 28

Its extracellular matrix is composed of type II collagen fibrils and aggrecan

Answer 28

Hyaline

Question 29

Most important proteoglycan

Answer 29

Aggrecan

Question 30

Type of cartilage that is resistant to compression and provides cushioning, smooth and low friction surface for joints

Answer 30

Hyaline

Question 31

Forms foundation for development of fetal skeleton and further endochondral bone formation an bone growth

Answer 31

Hyaline

Question 32

Extracellular matrix of an elastic cartilage is compose of?

Answer 32

Type II collagen fibrils Aggrecan Elastic fibers

Question 33

Extracellular matrix of this cartilage is composed of the following: Type II collagen fibrils Aggrecan Elastic fibers

Answer 33

Elastic cartilage

Question 34

Provides flexible support

Answer 34

Elastic fibers

Question 35

Found in the external ear and external auditory canal, epiglottis and parts of the laryngeal cartilages

Answer 35

Elastic cartilage

Question 36

Found in the walls of eustachian tube

Answer 36

Elastic cartilage

Question 37

Growth and development both by interstitial and appositional growth

Answer 37

Elastic cartilage

Question 38

With features intermediate between cartilage and dense fibrous supporting tissue

Answer 38

Fibrocartilage

Question 39

Fibrocartilage A. Acidophilic B. Basophilic

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A. Acidophilic

Question 40

Has no identifiable perichondrium

Answer 40

Fibrocartilage

Question 41

Found in the intervertebral disc, articular cartilages and the pubic symphysis

Answer 41

Fibrocartilage

Question 42

In association with dense collagenous tissue in joint capsules, ligaments and some tendons

Answer 42

Fibrocartilage

Question 43

Extracellular matrix is composed of the following: Type I and II collagen fibrils Versican

Answer 43

Fibrocartilage

Question 44

The extracellular matrix of a fibrocartilage is composed of?

Answer 44

Type I and II collagen fibrils | Versican

Question 45

Proteoglycan secreted by fibroblast

Answer 45

Versican

Question 46

Cartilage that resist deformation under stress

Answer 46

Fibrocartilage

Question 47

Consists of layers of hyaline cartilage matrix and thick layers of dense collagen fibers oriented in the direction of functional stresses

Answer 47

Fibrocartilage

Question 48

A fibrocartilage is composed of alternating layers of?

Answer 48

Hyaline cartilage matrix | Thick layers of dense collagen fibers

Question 49

Has homogenous (no fibers are visible) extracellular matrix

Answer 49

Hyaline cartilage

Question 50

What do you call the darker staining matrix immediately surrounding the capsule?

Answer 50

Territorial matrix

Question 51

Matrix that occupies the majority of space between chondrocytes

Answer 51

Interterritorial matrix

Question 52

Chondrocytes are located within?

Answer 52

Lacuna

Question 53

What do you call the area immediately adjacent to the cell?

Answer 53

Capsule

Question 54

The capsule stains intensely because of the rich ___________ content

Answer 54

Glycosaminoglyacan

Question 55

Clusters of cells arising from mitosis are called?

Answer 55

Isogenous groups

Question 56

Like hyaline cartilage, it has chondrocytes located in the lacuna and the tissue is surrounded by a perichondrium

Answer 56

Elastic cartilage

Question 57

Gives the extracellular matrix of the elastic cartilage a heterogenous/fibrillar appearance when stained with H&E

Answer 57

Elastic fibers

Question 58

What is responsible for the acidophilic matrix of a fibrocartilage?

Answer 58

Type I collagen fibers