Tissue Types
Nervous Tissue
Nervous
Located throughout the whole body and sends messages
Connective Tissue
Special Connectivie
Adipose
Located throughout the whole body, and insulates and protects
Blood
Located throughout the whole body, and carries nutrients
Bone
Located throughout the whole boyd, and supports and connects
Cartilage
Located in joins between bones, and supports and connects
Fibrous
Reticular
Located in the spleen, framework of the lymphatic system
Elastic
Located in heart, lungs, stomach, and bladder, expands and contracts
Dense
Located within tendons and muscles, they connect and bind parts
Loose (Aerolar)
Surrounds blood vessels and nerves, and molds organs
Epithelial Tissue
Pseudo-stratified Columnar
Located in the ovaries, and secrets and absorbs
Stratified Cuboidal
Located in the sweat and salivary glands, and protects
Stratified Squamous
Lining of the esophagus, and protects
Simple columnar
Located in the intestines, and secretes and absorbs
Simple Cuboidal
Located in the kidneys, and secrets and absorbs
Simple Squamous
Located in the lungs and blood vessels, and diffuses and filtrates
Muscle Tissue
Cardiac
Located within the heart and pumps and propels blood
Smooth
Located within the walls of hallow organs, and propels substances
Sleletal
Is attached to the skeleton and controls gross body movements and facial expressions
