Which of the Following Basic Tissue Types Is Usually Composed

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following basic tissue types is usually composed of fewer cells spaced farther apart and containing larger amounts of matrix between the cells?

• A) Epithelium
• B) Nerve tissue
• C) Muscle tissue
• D) Connective tissue

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Definitions:

Stereoisomeric Aldohexoses

Different spatial arrangements of atoms in aldohexose carbohydrates, leading to different physical and chemical properties despite having the same molecular formula.

Epimers

Stereoisomers that differ in configuration at exactly one stereogenic center and have the same molecular formula.

Asymmetric Carbons

Carbon atoms bonded to four different groups, leading to chirality or "handedness" in molecules, essential in stereochemistry.

α-D-Ribopyranose

An aldopentose sugar in the pyranose form where the α-configuration at the anomeric carbon is specific to the D-ribose structure.