MCQ
Q.
Blood is a type of ________ tissue.
Correct Answer: D
The correct answer is connective.
- Blood is a type of connective tissue.
Key Points
- Connective tissue
- This is a kind of biological tissue that supports, connects, or separates different types of tissues and organs of the body.
- Examples- Tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bone, blood.
- Blood has a fluid (liquid) matrix called plasma, in which red blood corpuscles (RBCs), white blood corpuscles (WBCs), and platelets are suspended.
- The plasma contains proteins, salts, and hormones.
- Blood flows and transports gases, digested food, hormones, and waste materials to different parts of the body.
Additional Information
- Epithelial tissue:
- The epithelial tissues are formed by cells that cover the organ surface such as the surface of the skin, the airways, the reproductive tract, and the inner lining of the digestive tract.
- Muscular tissues:
- Muscular tissue is a soft tissue that composes muscles.
- Skeletal muscle (voluntary muscles), cardiac muscle (involuntary muscles) are examples of it.
- Nervous tissue:
- The main components of the nervous system are the brain, spinal cord, and nerves which regulate and control body functions.
- It is made up of neurons that have important functions in the nervous system.
