Bone Is a Connective Tissue That Provides Support for the Body

question 56

Multiple Choice

Bone is a connective tissue that provides support for the body with its strength and rigidity.Which of the following provides the best explanation for how this is so?

• A) Bone cells have extensive cytoskeleton that makes them ridged.
• B) Bone cells are very dense and therefore resist physical stress.
• C) Bones cells secrete an extracellular matrix that when combined with minerals becomes rock hard.
• D) The bone cell's plasma membrane contains a high degree of cholesterol that stabilizes the cell membrane, giving it strength.

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