Tissue Type in the Body
Nervous
brain, spinal cord, and nerves throughout the body
transmit signals across the body and coordinate, regulate, and integrate bodily functions
Muscle
Smooth
walls of hollow internal organs
pushes food through digestive system
Skeletal
pull bones and skin
attached to bones
Cardiac
heart muscle
pumping blood
Connective
Blood
transports oxygen to body tissues
every blood vessel
Adipose (fat)
a protective cushion, insulation, and stores energy
beneath the skin and around internal organs
Bone(Osseous)
gives strength and flexibility to the tissue
all over the body
Dense Fibrous
support
in dermis of skin, tendons, and ligaments
Cartilage
Hyaline Cartilage
padding
covers end of joints, nose, respiratory passages
Fibrocartilage
tough, shocking absorbing
between vertebrae
Elastic Cartilage
maintains the shape of a structure while allowing great flexibility
external ear and larynx
Loose or Areolar
binds underlying organs to skin and to each other and forms delicate thin membranes throughout the body
surrounds blood vessels and supports internal organs
Epithelial
Stratified
Transitional
Allows the urinary organs to expand and stretch
Lines the bladder, urethra and ureters
Stratified Squamous
Protects against abrasion
Lines the esophagus, mouth, and vagina
Stratified Cuboidal
Sweat glands, salivary glands, and mammary glands
absorption, secretion, and excretion
Stratified Columnar
secretes and protects
male urethra and ducts of some glands
Simple
Pseudostratified Columnar
secretes mucus
trachea and upper respiratory tract
Simple Columnar
absorbs and secretes mucus and enzymes
digestive tract bladder
Simple Cuboidal
Secretes and absorbs
kidney tubules
Simple Squamous
diffusion and filtration
air sacs of lungs, heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels
