Lesson 6 ·Class 9 · Tissues : Plant and Animal Tissues · Sort Lab
Connective Tissue
Binding, supporting and transporting.
Sort each connective tissue by the job it does.
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All items sorted — check each bin.
Free play — sort every item into the bin it belongs in; each correct drop tells you why. Switch to when you're ready to test yourself.
All connective tissue is cells scattered in a matrix. The matrix decides the job: fibrous, hard, or liquid.
What this lesson covers
What you do
- Tendon and ligament sound alike — remember tendon ties Tissue-to-bone (muscle), ligament Links bone to bone.
Challenges to clear
- Fill the Fluid transport bin correctly.
- Sort every tissue.
- Fill the Binding & packing box — the connective tissue that fills the gaps.
The task
Sort each connective tissue by the job it does.
What this lesson covers
- Binding & packing: Areolar tissue — fills spaces between organs (The general packing material of the body.); Adipose tissue — stores fat and insulates (Fat-filled cells under the skin and around organs.); Tendon — joins muscle to bone (Dense fibrous tissue built to resist pulling.); Ligament — joins bone to bone (Elastic yet strong, so joints hold together and still move.)
- Skeletal support: Bone — rigid, with calcium salts in its matrix (The hardest connective tissue; forms the skeleton.); Cartilage — firm but flexible (Found at joint surfaces, ear and nose tip.)
- Fluid transport: Blood — cells suspended in plasma (A connective tissue whose matrix is liquid.); Lymph — drains tissue fluid back to the blood (It also carries digested fat from the intestine.)
Hint
All connective tissue is cells scattered in a matrix. The matrix decides the job: fibrous, hard, or liquid.