Sort any connective tissue into proper, supporting or fluid, name its cells, fibres and matrix, and say where hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage, compact and spongy bone, blood and lymph are found and why.
Connective tissue is the widest chapter of unit 3 and the usual home of the unit's single question: three fibres, six cell types, three cartilages, two kinds of bone and two fluids give a setter plenty to ask. MEC's scope line is "Structure, location and function". Recall items ask for a location, a cell (which cell releases histamine?) or a matrix name (chondrin, ossein). Understanding items ask why a tendon is stiff along one axis or why cartilage heals badly and bone does not. Application items describe a slide, a bruise, a torn ligament or a vitamin deficiency and expect the tissue involved. Learn the classification tree first, then hang locations on it.
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