GENERAL HISTOLOGY

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the tissue that forms tendons and ligaments
A
dense regular
B
bone
C
blood
D
dense irregular
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dense connective tissue is what makes up tendons and ligaments and consist of a higher density of collagen fibers. Examples of specialized connective tissues are adipose tissue, cartilage, bone, blood, and lymph.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tendons, which attach skeletal muscles to bones and ligaments which attach one bone to another are examples of dense regular connective tissues in which collagen fibres are present in rows between many parallel bundles of fibres.

Detailed explanation-3: -This tissue is present around muscles and organs. Ligaments and tendons have dense regular tissue. Q.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dense, regular CT is a white, flexible tissue that contains tightly packed bundles of collagen fibres. All of these fibres run in one direction and are arranged parallel to the direction of forces exerted on the particular body part where the tissue is located.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are two types of dense regular connective tissue: dense collagen connective tissue and dense elastin connective tissue. In both types, protein fibers are densely packed and run parallel to one another.

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