Packet 4: Tossup 8

Mucin and this non-plant tissue are colored red, while all other tissues are colored teal, in stains employing Fast Green and safranin-O. A “territorial” substance surrounds cell clusters found in this tissue to form isogenous (“eye-SAW-jeh-nus”) groups. In a type of this tissue, a tidemark junction separates the deep zone from the ZCC zone. (-5[1])Swelling of this tissue is primarily facilitated by matrices rich in link protein and aggrecan. A “costal” (15[1])form of this tissue is inflamed in Tietze (15[1])syndrome. A type of this tissue with a (*) “glassy” (10[1])blue-white tinge characteristically contains type II collagen fibers. (10[1]-5[2])This a·vascular (10[1])tissue, (10[2])whose extracellular matrix is synthesized by chondrocytes (10[1])(“KAHN-droh-sites”), has articular (10[3])and hyaline (10[1])types. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])what connective (10[1])tissue (-5[1])provides (-5[1])support (10[1])to the larynx (-5[1])and front (10[1])of the nose? (10[3])■END■ (10[8]0[2])

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