Types of Tissues

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Nervous Tissue

Nerve tissue

Found all over your body

Transmit Signals

Connective Tissue

Special Connective

Adipose

Cushions eyeball sockets - Kidneys

Protects and Insulates (stores energy)

Blood

Throughout body

Transport vehicle

Bone

Skeleton

Protect and Support

Cartilage

Larynx attaches ribs to breast bones

Supports structures and covers end of bones

Fibrous

Recticular

Lymphoid organs (spleen, bone marrow)

Framework of your lymphatic system

Elastic

Surrounding stomach, bladder, or intestines

Expands and Contracts

Dense

Ligaments and Tendons

Connect and Stretch (elasticate)

Loose Connective Tissue (aerolar)

Internal Organs (everywhere)

Cushions and Protects

Epithelial Tissue

Pseudostratified Columnar

Trachea (Lining air passage way)

Absorpition and Secretion - Cilia-aided movement

1 layer (looks like more)

Simple Columnar

Small Intestine (Digestive Tract)

1 layer (column)

Stratified Cuboidal

Salivary glands and Sweat glands

Protection and Secretion

Simple Cuboidal

Kidney Tubules

Secretion and Absorption

1 layer (cube)

Stratified Squamous

Lining of body cavities (Skin and Mouth)

Protection

More than 1 layer

Simple Squamous

Lungs and Blood Vessels

Diffusion and Filtration

1 layer (Flat)

Muscle Tissue

Cardiac Tissue

Heart

Pump and propels blood

Smooth Tissue

Digestive tract (Walls of hollow organs)

Helps food move through digestive tract (becomes smaller or enlarges)

Skeletal Tissue

Found everywhere in body

Movement (voluntary)