TISSUE TYPES IN THE BODY

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NERVES

NERVE TISSUE

The spinal cord

MADE UP OF

NEURONS

Produce action potentials and transmit signals.

MUSCLE

SMOOTH MUSCLE

involuntary controlled. Allows to direct eyeballs. Found in walls of stomach and uterus.

SKELETAL MUSCLE

Voluntary controlled. Attached to bones. Controls movement.

CARDIAC MUSCLE

Involuntary controlled. Single nucleus. Found in the circulatory pump.

CONNECTIVE

TISSUE

BLOOD TISSUE

Has a fluid matrix, called plasma, and no fibers. Involved in the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

BONE TISSUE

functions in the body, such as locomotion, support and protection of soft tissues, calcium and phosphate storage, and harboring of bone marrow.

LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE OR AREOLAR TISSUE

Binds underlying organs to skin and to each other. Forms delicate thin membranes throughout the body.

FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE

functions in support including muscles to bones, ligaments

ADIPOSE TISSUE

Functions as a protective cushion, insulates to preserve body heat; stores energy.

CARTILAGE

FIBROCARTILAGE

Tough, shock, absorbing. Found between vertebrae.

HYALINE CARTILAGE

covers end of joints, nose, and respiratory passages.

ELASTIC CARTILAGE

Found in external ear and larynx.

EPITHELIAL

GLANDULAR

Forms the covering of all glands

Makes up glands

STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL

Protective tissue

Sweat glands , salivary glands, and the mammary glands.

STRATIFIED COLUMNAR

Secrets and protects.

The male urethra and the ducts of some glands.

TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM

Blocks diffusion (no leaking)

Urinary bladder

Group of cells that separates tissue.

STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS

Protection

Skin and mouth.

Multiple layers of flat cells.

SIMPLE COLUMNAR

Secretion and absorption.

Digestive tract and uterus.

Single layer of vertical columns.

SIMPLE CUBOIDAL

Secretion and absorption

Kidney, Tubules, and Ducts

Single layer of cubes

SIMPLE SQUAMOUS

Single layer of flat cells.

Diffusion and filtration.

Air sacs of the lungs and walls of the capillaries.

PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR

FUNCTIONS TO

Secretion and cilia-aided movement.

FOUND IN

Lining air passages and tubes of the reproductive system.

LOOKS LIKE

Appear stratified, but just a single layer of cells, nuclei at different levels.