4. Tissues & Histology

Marco and Yara are discussing connective tissue and Marco states that blood can't be a connective tissue because it's a liquid. Yara claims that blood is a specialized connective tissue with a fluid ECM. Who is right and why?

Match the following types of connective tissue with their correct location(s). 

Hyaline cartilage           

Elastic cartilage           

Smooth muscle           

Dense irregular connective tissue           

Fibrocartilage

Cardiac muscle

Dense regular elastic tissue

Reticular connective tissue 

a. Dermis, surrounding joints, organs

b. Most hollow organs, eye, skin

c. Large arteries, certain ligaments

d. Ear and epiglottis

e. Lymph nodes, spleen, liver

f. Freely moveable joints

g. Intervertebral discs, knee joint

h. Heart