Name Date Section The corresponds to the indicated outcome(s) found at the beginning of the laboratory exercise. Connective Tissues Part A Assessments Match the tissues in column A with the characteristics in column may be used more than once.) 1 B. Place the letter of your choice in the space provided. (Some answers Column A a. Adipose tissue Column B 1. Forms framework of outer ear 2. Functions as heat insulator beneath skin 3. Contains large amounts of fluid and lacks fibers b. Areolar tissue c. Blood d. Bone (compact) Dense connective e. f. tissue (regular) 4. Cells arranged around central canal Elastic cartilage g. Fibrocartilage h. Hyaline cartilage 5. Binds skin to underlying organs 6. Main 7. Provides stored energy supply in 8. Forms the 9. Pads between vertebrae that are shock absorbers 10. tissue of tendons fat vacuoles flexible soft part of the nasal septum Forms supporting rings of respiratory passages 11. Cells greatly enlarged 12. and ligaments Forms with nuclei pushed to sides delicate, thin layers between muscles 67