Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.
The ECM of bone tissue consists exclusively of calcium phosphate crystals.

Which of the following statements about muscle tissue is false?

a. Smooth muscle tissue is involuntary, and the cells are nonstriated.

b. Cardiac muscle tissue is involuntary, and the cells are striated.

c. Skeletal muscle fibers are joined by intercalated discs.

d. Skeletal muscle fibers are long and cylindrical striated cells.

Match the following types of connective tissue with their correct location(s). 

Hyaline cartilage           

Elastic cartilage           

Smooth muscle           

Dense irregular connective tissue           

Fibrocartilage

Cardiac muscle

Dense regular elastic tissue

Reticular connective tissue 

a. Dermis, surrounding joints, organs

b. Most hollow organs, eye, skin

c. Large arteries, certain ligaments

d. Ear and epiglottis

e. Lymph nodes, spleen, liver

f. Freely moveable joints

g. Intervertebral discs, knee joint

h. Heart

Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.

Fibrocartilage provides a smooth surface on which bones may articulate with little friction.

Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.

Adipose tissue functions in insulation, warmth, protection, and shock absorption and is the major energy reserve in the body.

Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.

Loose connective tissue features protein fibers as its primary component.

____are the cells of nervous tissue that send and receive messages, and ____ are the supporting cells of nervous tissue.

An ____ carries a nerve impulse toward a neuron cell body, and a(n) ____carries a nerve impulse away from a neuron cell body.