HISTOLOGY
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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Question
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Which type of fiber has short, fine highly branched fibers?
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collagen
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elastin
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reticular
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Reticular fibers are short, fine collagenous fibers that can branch extensively to form a delicate network. Collagen fibers are the strongest and most abundant of all the connective tissue fibers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reticular fibers are highly branched, delicate, argyrophilic fibers that stain with ammoniacal silver solutions. Electron microscopic studies have shown that they are young collagen or a small bundle of collagen fibrils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Electronmicroscopically, reticular fibers are observed as individual collagen fibrils or a small bundle of the fibrils, although the diameter of the fibrils is thin (about 30 nm) and uniform.
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