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6. From what does cartilage initially originate?

  • Chondroclasts
  • Mesenchymal tissue cells
  • Chondrocytes
  • Chondrochymal tissue cells

7. In its fresh form, of what is fibrocartilage composed?

  • Dense regular connective tissue & hyaline cartilage
  • Dense regular connective tissue & elasctic cartilage
  • Loose connective tissue & hyaline cartilage
  • Loose connective tissue & elatic cartilage

8. True or false: in both hyaline & elastic cartilage, the chondrocytes form nests?

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  • False
  • True
  • Neither

9. Select the statement that correctly identifies a feature/features of fibrocartilage.

  • Strong, resilient and highly elasticated
  • Well developed & very visible perichondrium
  • Durable with high tensile strength & resistance to compression
  • Yellow in its fresh form

10. Where is fibrocartilage most often found?

  • Major air pipes, articulating bone surfaces & fetal skeleton
  • Symphysis Pubis, intervertebral disks & site of some tendon-bone attachments
  • Oropharangeal airway, nasopharyngeal airway & epiglottis
  • Epiglottis, external ear & Eustachian tubes

11. Where is hyaline cartilage most commonly found?

  • Oropharangeal airway, nasopharyngeal airway & epiglottis
  • Major air pipes, articulating bone surfaces & fetal skeleton
  • Symphysis Pubis, intervertebral disks & site of some tendon-bone attachments
  • Epiglottis, external ear & Eustachian tubes

12. Select the statement that best identifies the perichondrium.

  • A connective tissue layer that surrounds the outer surface of cartilage & is essential for growth
  • An epithelial tissue layer that surrounds the inner surface of cartilage & is essential for repair
  • An epithelial tissue layer that surrounds the outer surface of cartilage & is essential for growth
  • An epithelial tissue layer that surrounds the outer surface of cartilage & is essential for repair

13. True or false: Hyaline cartilage has a ground substance with a relatively high water content, and is tranlucent in it's fresh form?

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  • True
  • Neither
  • False

14. What are the two types of growth that cartilage can undergo?

  • Appositonal & Endochondral
  • Intramembranous & Endochondral
  • Interstitial & Appositional
  • Interstitial & Endochondral

15. Select the statement which best identifies cartilage.

  • A soft, pliable, resilient, non-vascular connective tissue
  • A firm, pliable, resilient, non-vascular connective tissue
  • A soft, pliable, resilient, vascular connectivetissue
  • A firm, non-pliable, resilient, non-vascular connective tissue

16. Select the statement that best identifies cartilage.

  • Forms the temporary skeleton of the fetus & the template for the growth of long bones
  • Forms the skeleton of the fetus and infant & the template for the growth of small bones
  • Forms the temporary skeleton of the fetus & the template for the growth of small bones
  • Forms the skeleton of the fetus and infant & the template for the growth of long bones

17. Which type of fibres predominantly make up hyaline cartilage?

  • Collagen type II
  • Collagen type III
  • Collagen type I
  • Elastin

18. What are chondroprogenitor cells?

  • Repair cells that actively reseal any broken sections of cartilage
  • Bone stem cells that lie in the cartilage
  • Cartilage stem cells that lie in the inner layers of the perichondrium
  • Cartilage respiration cells that produce ATP by a similar mechanism to mitochondria

19. Which type of cartilaginous growth results in 'growth from within'?

  • Endochondral
  • Appositional
  • Interstitial
  • Intramembranous

20. Which of the following structures are located within the perichondrium?

  • Lymphatics & blood vessels
  • Blood vessels only
  • Nerves, lymphatics & blood vessels
  • Nerves & blood vessels