Tissue Types of the Body

Nervous

Nervous

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Send and receive messages.

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Brain/Spinal Cord.Neurons in your body!

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Muscle

Skeletal

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Voluntary attached to BONES.

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All over.

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Smooth

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Involuntary. The Smooth Muscle digests food and moves blood. 

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Digestive system, veins/arteries.

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Cardiac

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Involuntary, pumps blood. 

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Heart.

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Connective

Elastic

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 Surrounding internal organs that get small or large. 

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Bladder, stomach

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Loose

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Binds underlying organs to skin and to each other 

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Tendons ligs

Dense

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Hold and protects bones

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Skins, tendons, cartilage

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Reticular

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 Immune system

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Lymphatic Tissue

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Cartilage

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 Tough, shock absorbing

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Between vertebrae

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Adipose

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Protective cushion, insulation to preserve body heat, and stores energy.

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Under the skin and between internal organs

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Blood

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Transports oxygen and nutrients to the lungs and tissues

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 Circulatory System

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Bone

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 Supports the body and creates blood

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Skeletal System

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Epithelial

Simple Squamous

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Diffusion and filtration 

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 LungsBlood Vessels

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Simple Cuboidal

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Secretion and absorb

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Ovaries and kidneys

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Simple Columnar

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Secretion and absorption

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Digestives system tract

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Stratified Squamous

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Protection

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Skin and mouth

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Pseudostratified Columnar

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Secretion and movement

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Lining air passages and tubes of the reproductive system 

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Stratified Cuboidal

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Secretion of saliva and sweat

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Sweat glands and salivary

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