Week 2

Ventromedial

Craniocaudal

Superomarginal

Parasagittal

Posterolateral

a. Is composed of proteoglycans

b. Is produced by elastoblasts

c. Allows tissues to stretch and contract

d. Has high tensile strength

e. Can be seen in the light microscope with H&E staining

a. Is found in ligaments

b. Resists stretch in a single plane

c. Is found in tendons

d. Is found in the dermis of the skin

e. Contains fibroblasts

a. Control the permeability of epithelia

b. Are continuous belts of interlocking junctional proteins around the circumference of epithelial cells

c. Allow the movement of ions and small molecules between adjoining cells

d. Are involved in maintenance of the blood-retinal barrier

e. Are found only between epithelial (incl. endothelial) cells

a. Osteoblasts

b. Fibroblasts

c. Fibrocytes

d. Osteoclasts

e. Osteocytes

a. 0.002 m

b. 0.2 mm

c. 2.0 µm

d. 0.2 µm

e. 2.0 nm

a. Tendons contain substantial amounts of microtubules

b. Tendons are a form of dense irregular connective tissue

c. Tendons are avascular

d. Tendons contain substantial amounts of collagen fibres

e. Tendons contain substantial amounts of elastic fibres

a. Is held together by desmosomes

b. Sits on top of an acellular basal lamina

c. Is a keratinised stratified columnar epithelium

d. Contains many goblet cells

e. Contains nerve endings

a. Ectoderm, pachyderm and endoderm

b. Ectoderm

c. Mesoderm, endoderm and ectoderm

d. Epiderm, ectoderm and scleroderm

e. Mesoderm and ectoderm