Human Tissues

Epithelial tissue

Lining

Muscle tissue

Cardiac muscle

contracts heart

Smooth muscle

push food through
intestines and
stomach

Movement

Skeletal muscle

moves bones, etc

Nervous tissue

Coordination
and control of
body activities

ex. neurons

muscle contraction, environmental
awareness, emotions, memory, reasoning

Control

Connective tissue

Tendons and Ligaments

1. Binding + support
2. Protection
3. Insulation
4. Storing reserve
fuel

structural function,
collagen production,
wound healing

fat, store energy,
insulate

phagocytes that
engulf microbes
and cellular debris

Mast cells/leukocytes

Immune response

Binding

Bone

Adipose

Squamous

Flat cells between
body and
environment

Cells that line
outer surface of
of organs, blood
vessels, and inner
surfaces of cavities

Columnar

pillar-like cells
that absorb and
excrete

Stomach and intestines

Cuboidal

found in glands

absorption, secretion,
excretion

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