A mesenchymal cell can give rise to which of the following?

1. The mesenchymal cell sits below the pluripotent level in the stem cell hierarchy and has already lost some of its range. 2. What it retains is the connective tissue family: fibrous connective tissue, bone, cartilage and blood. 3. Blood counts here because blood is itself a connective tissue. 4. Epithelium is explicitly outside its range, which rules out two of the options. 5. Muscle is also outside its range, which rules out a third. 6. Nervous tissue is likewise excluded, so only bone, cartilage and blood survives. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 18 "The Cardiovascular System: Blood", section 18.2 Production of the Formed Elements_