NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -They occur throughout the body. Connective tissues are characterized by an abundance of intercellular matrix with relatively few cells. Connective tissue cells are able to reproduce but not as rapidly as epithelial cells. Most connective tissues have a good blood supply but some do not.

Detailed explanation-2: -The matrix usually includes a large amount of extracellular material produced by the connective tissue cells that are embedded within it. The matrix plays a major role in the functioning of this tissue. The major component of the matrix is a ground substance often crisscrossed by protein fibers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Connective tissues have been regarded as a supporting tissue because they connect and keep together many organs of the body, they provide mechanical support to different parts of the body and to the whole body as well, and protect and isolate many organs.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are mainly four kinds of connective tissues that are found in animal bodies. Those are the adipose connective tissues, the dense irregular tissues, the dense regular tissues, the areolar connective tissues. Bones, cartilages, and blood are also regarded as connective tissues.

Detailed explanation-5: -The common cell types in connective tissue include: fibroblasts, mast cells, plasma cells, macrophages, adipocytes, and leukocytes.