Describe the roles of each of the following components of the ECM:

c. Reticular fibers

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together which of the following statements about reticular fibers of loose connective tissue is true. Is it answer choice A? It is important in cell adhesion. Answer choice B it enables cellular communication. Answer choice C it gives a delicate and flexible consistency or answer choice D it is very resistant to stress. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following statements about reticular fibers of the loose connective tissue is true. So in order to solve this question, we have to recall what we have learned about the reticular fibers of loose connective tissue to determine if the answer choice contains a true or false statement starting off with answer choice A which says it is important in cell adhesion. Well, we know that the reticular fibers of the loose connective tissue are not important in cell adhesion. So answer choice is a false statement. And cell adhesion is a function that is more associated with other extracellular matrix components like fibronectin. So answer choice A is incorrect. Next answer choice B says it enables cellular communication which we know that the reticular fibers are not involved in cellular communication. So answer choice B is also a fault statement since cellular communication is typically associated with signaling molecules and interactions in the cellular membrane. So answer choice B is also incorrect. Next answer choice C says it gives a delicate and flexible consistency which we know that those reticular fibers of the loose connective tissue contain type two collagen which provides a delicate and flexible structural framework within the tissues. So answer choice C is a true statement. So it is the correct answer. And lastly answer choice D is incorrect. Since answer choice D is a false statement because it says it is very resistant to stress, which we know that the reticular fibers of loose connective tissue provide flexibility and strength and not that high tensile strength that is required to be very resistant to stress. So answer choice D is incorrect and answer choice C is the only statement listed about the reticular fibers of loose connective tissue. That is true. So it is the correct answer. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.