Question

16. Using the key, choose the best response to identify the connective tissues described below. Some responses are used more than once 1. attaches bones to bones and muscles to bones 2. acts as a storage depot for fat 3. the dermis of the skin 4. makes up the intervertebral discs 5. composes basement membranes; a soft packaging Key: a. adipose connective tissue b. areolar connective tissue c. dense irregular connective tissue d. dense regular connective tissue elastic cartilage e. f. elastic connective tissue g. fibrocartilage h. hyaline cartilage tissue with a jellylike matrix 6. forms the larynx, the costal cartilages of the ribs, and the embryonic skeleton 7. provides a flexible framework for the external ear 53

Answer 1

d. dense regular connective tissue 1. attaches bones to bones and muscles to bones

a. adipose connective tissue 2. acts as a storage depot for fat

c. dense irregular connecctive tissue 3. the dermis of the skin

g. fibrocartilage 4. makes up the intervertebral disc

b. areolar connective tissue 5. composes basement membranes; a soft packaging tissue with jellylike matrix

h. hyaline cartilage 6. forms the larynx, the coastal cartilages of the ribs, the embryonic skeleton

f. elastic connective tissue 7. provides a flexible framework for the external ear