- Which tissue has the hardest EC matrix and forms a protective structure for muscle attachment?
- transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste through the body through arteries and veins
- Which tissue is also called fat, serves as insulation and is stored for later energy use?
- Type of connective tissue with hardest EC matrix, protective structure for muscle attachment, and is formed by osteocyte
- Which tissue transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste throughout the body?
- Found in the pharyngotympanic tubes, epiglottis, and ear lobes
- Semi-solid connective tissue that is both a protective and supportive structure; can be found in ears, joints, nose
- Which tissue connects muscles to bone, bone to bone, and is the slowest to repair?
- Irregularly arranged fibers that provide strength where tension is exerted in various directions such as dermis
- Which connective tissue separates the cells of the body from the bloodstream?
- Type of connective tissue aka fat. Purpose is to store excess nutrients and fats as energy; also serves as insulation for body
- Type of loose connective tissue that separates cells of the body from the bloodstream; is a go-between for nutrients and wastes to leave and enter the bloodstream on their way to and from the bodies' cells
- Which tissue protects, pads, and provides elasticity?
- Loose connective tissues is best categorized as which of the following tissue types?
- The type of connective tissue that serves as padding and acts as an insulator to slow heat loss through the skin is ___tissue.
- These connective tissue cells are closely packed together and have nuclei squeezed to one side by the material that they store.
- The type of loose connective tissue shown here is ____ connective tissue
- Tendons and ligaments are made of ___ ___ connective tissue.
- What type of membrane lines body passageways that eventually open to the external environment?
- Many areas of spongy bone contain ___ cells, which are responsible for producing new blood cells.