Question

In the structure of a muscle, several fascicles lie bundled together to form a muscle, just as several lie together to form compact bone tissue. Each muscle fiber, which is a muscle cell, consists of protein fibers. Similarly, the matrix that lies outside bone cells consists of a protein fiber called .

Answer 1

The connective tissue is compose of protein fibers that may serve as a matrix outside the bone cells. The protein fiber is different from the fibrous connective tissue as it has more ground substance. There are 2 types of connective tissues found in the body which is cartilage and bone.