Match the following terms... 1. basement membrane
2. osteocytes
3. ligament
4. fibroblasts
5. simple squamous
6. pseudostratified
7. stratified columnar
8. simple cuboidal
9. collagen
10. elastin
11. adipose
12. blood
13. matrix
14. epithelial
15. connective
a. bone cells
b. non-living layer of connective tissue
c. tissue that lines the air sacs of the lungs
d. composed of several elongated layers of cells
e. formed elements found in a fluid matrix
f. provides support and protection
g. a cord of connective that connects bone to bone at a joint
h. thin protein fibers that form complex networks
i. nuclei are located at various levels of these elongated cells
j. single layer of cells that line the salivary glands
k. the non-living layer on the underside of epithelial tissue
1. cells that can become quite large and filled with fluid
m. provides excretion, secretion, and absorption
n. star-shaped cells that produce fibers in connective tissue
o thick threads of protein
16 True or False epithelial cells reproduce more rapidly than connective cells.