SPECIALIZED

CONNECTIVE TISSUE
QUIZ
1. Specifically identify this slide.

DECALCIFIED BONE
 2. Identify.

PERICHONDRIUM
3. This is a picture of a single ___________.

OSTEON or HAVERSIAN SYSTEM

 TYPE II

4. What type of collagen here?

5. Name 2 specific molecules making up this material.

COLLAGEN and
PROTEOGLYCANS or
GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS
LACUNAE

6. Identify
7. Where in the body is this cartilage found?

INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS
or MENISCI of KNEE
8. How does this cell get its nutrients?

DIFFUSION FROM
CAPILLARIES IN
PERICHONDRIUM
9. Identify the hairy material.

ELASTIN FIBERS
10. What type of collagen in this cartilage?

TYPE I COLLAGEN
 B

COLLAGEN, hence acidophilic

A

11. Area A contains more _________ than area B.

12. Identify.

FIBROBLASTS (nuclei)
13. Where in the body is this cartilage found?

EAR or TIP of NOSE

14. What is the major function of this type of cartilage?

SHOCK ABSORPTION
15. This cartilage is found on bones. Where on bones?

ARTICULAR SURFACES

16. How did this cartilage come to be there?

LEFT OVER FROM

EMBRYONIC CARTILAGE
BONE MODEL
17. Explain why this canal connects 2 central canals.

CARRIES BLOOD
VESSELS THAT
BRANCH INTO
CENTRAL CANAL
CAPILLARIES
18. Describe the contents of these small canals.

EXTENSIONS of OSTEOCYTES
19. Describe 2 important characteristics of this cartilage.

HARD and SMOOTH

20. When a cell was located here,
how did that cell get its nutrients?

ACROSS GAP
JUNCTIONS FROM
CELLS CLOSER TO
BLOOD SUPPLY
OSTEOCYTE in ITS LACUNA

21. Describe what is within the circle.

22. Identify this cell.

CHONDROBLAST
surrounded by
cartilage, but young