AP review chpt 5

Which of the following is not a type of fibrous connective tissue?

Hyaline cartilage

True or False, a persons ear shape is made from the presence of elastic cartilage

True

True or False: Fibrocartilage is found in intervertebral discs

True

True or false: neurons are a major type of cell found in nervous tissue

True

_____ tissues respond quickly to outside stimuli by means of changes in membrane potential.

excitable

Nervous tissue consists predominantly of two cell types, neurons and ______

neuroglia.

Blood functions to transport

nutrients to the tissues

True or false: Adipose connective tissue is a type of dense connective tissue

False

True or false: Blood consists of cells and a ground substance made of formed elements

False

True or false: Dendrites in a neuron send outgoing signals to other cells.

False

Which of the following is not a feature that connective tissues have in common?

A calcified matrix

Which of the following is not a category of connective tissue?

Aerobic connective tissue

___ ___exhibits a lot of apparently empty space, and is found in many serous membranes.

Areolar tissue

An example of a highly vascular tissue is ____ tissue. An example of a tissue that is not highly vascular is ___

Areolar; cartilage

Which type of connective tissue is abundant in the walls of arteries, and in the airway?

Elastic tissue