Question

Intervertebral discs are made up of fibrocartilage, which exhibits a large amount of tensile strength, enabling it to absorb shock in the spine. It is likely that this connective tissue type is enriched with which fiber?

Answer 1

Answer:

Collagen fibers

Explanation:

Cartilage is the connective tissue found in the mammalian group of animals and is composed of the collagen fibre made by the chondrocytes which occur at the scattered sites.

The fibrocartilage is one of the types of cartilage present in the intervertebral disks and helps provide the tensile strength and help absorb the shock in the spine.

The extracellular matrix of fibrocartilage is enriched with the collagen fibres which provides toughness and great tensile strength to the cartilage.

Thus, Collagen fibres are the correct answer.