Intercellular collagen fibers provide what function for tendons and ligaments?
A) Elastic recoil
B) Shape flexibility
C) Tensile strength
D) Inorganic calcium
Ans: C
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Intercellular fibers found in skeletal tissue are mainly collagenous and elastic. Collagen is an inelastic and insoluble fibrous protein that has great tensile strength. Elastin is the major component of flexible elastic fibers that allows the fibers to stretch and rapidly recoil when tension is released. The intercellular matrix, rather than fiber, contains organic matter (collagen fibers in an amorphous ground substance) and inorganic matter (several forms of calcium).
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