Tissue Types In The Body

Epithellal

Simple

Squamous

diffusion and filtration

Found in air sacs in lungs, capillaries

Cuboidal

Secretion and absorption

Found in kidneys tubules, ducts and covering the ovaries

Columnar

Secretion and absorption

Found in digestive tract and uterus

Stratified

Squamous

Protection

Found in the skin and mouth

Cuboidal

Protection

Found in salivary glands, kidney tubules, sweat glands

Columnar

Protection

Found in conjunctiva of the eye, in parts of the pharynx, anus, the uterus, and the male urethra and vas deferens.

Others

Pseudostratified Columnar

Secretion and cilia-aided movement

Found in ining air passages and tubes of the reproductive system

Transitional Epithelium

Found in the urinary bladder

Blocks diffusion

Glandular Epithelium

secrete substances

Found in the saliva

Connective

Areolar Tissue

Binds underlying organs to skin and to each other

surrounds blood vessels and nerves and penetrates with them even into the small spaces of muscles, tendons, and other tissue

Adipose Tissue (fat)

Protective cushion,insulation to preserve body heat
, Stores energy

beneath the skin, around internal organs

Bone Tissue

providing internal support, protecting vital organs, enabling movement, and providing attachment sites for muscles and tendons

Found in tendons and ligaments

Cartilage

Hyaline Cartilage

covers ends of joints, nose and respiratory passages

Protection

Elastic Cartilage

Found in the External Ear and Larynx

Maintains the shape of a structure while allowing great flexibility

Fibrocartilage

Found in between vertebrae

helps fill in the torn part of the cartilage

Blood Tissue

Found in blood vessels

transport of oxygen

Dense Fibrous

support

surround things like bone, cartilage, nerve fibers, and muscle fibers

Muscle

Cardiac muscle

pump blood throughout the body

Found in the Heart

Skeletal Muscle

move the body

attached to bones

Smooth Muscle

found in the walls of hollow organs like your intestines and stomach

The muscular walls of your intestines contract to push food through your body. Involved in many 'housekeeping'

Nervous

Nerves

peripheral nerves throughout the body and in the organs of the central nervous system, the brain and spinal cord

spinal cord and the brain