Question

i) Write the name and location of each type of muscle tissue?
ii) Why blood is called connective tissue?​

Answer 1

(i) The 3 types of muscle tissue are:

cardiac, smooth, and skeletal.

• Cardiac muscle cell

Present in myocardium (cardiac muscle)

• Smooth muscle cell

Present in muscular layers of the vessels, and within internal organs

• Skeletal muscle cell

Present in skeletal muscles

(ii) Blood is considered a connective tissue because it has a matrix. The living cell types are red blood cells, also called erythrocytes, and white blood cells, also called leukocytes. ... Erythrocytes (red blood cells), the predominant cell type, are involved in the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide.