Which one of the following contains the largest quantity of extracellular material ?
Which one of the following contains the largest quantity of extracellular material ?
striated muscle
areolar tissue
stratified epithelium
myelinated nerve fibres
Solution
Loose connective tissue, also called areolar connective tissue, is the packing materal of the body that anchors blood vessels, nerves and body organs. It contains largest quantity of extracellular material like fibres and ground substances which help to provide structural support to neighbouring cells, fibroblasts that synthesise the fibres and ground substance of connective tissue and wandering macrophages that phagocytise pathogens or damaged cells.