Tissues
Connective
Loose connective
Binds underlying organs to skin
All over
Looks like fibers
Dense
Supports and binds
Tendons and ligaments
Looks like many vertical lines
Elastic
Expand and contract
Internal organs
Looks like squiggly horizontal lines
Reticular
Immune and lymphatic
Lymph nodes
Looks like grape vines
Cartilage
Protect, shock absorb, padding
Ends of bones, nose, ears
Looks like black eyed peas
Bone
Support and protect
Skeleton
Looks like tree stumps
Blood
Carry oxygen and nutrients
Everywhere
Looks like little dots
Adipose (fat)
Fat
Everywhere
Looks like bubbles
Nervous
Nervous
Transmit signals
Brain, spinal cord, PNS
Looks like a nuclei with strings coming off it
Muscle
Skeletal
Attached to bones
Everywhere
Looks fibrous
Smooth
Digestion
Intestines and Stomach
Looks like eyes
Cardiac
Pumps blood
Heart
Looks like a tree branch
Epithelial
Simple Squamous
Diffusion and filtration
Lungs
Looks like a flat pancake
Simple Cuboidal
Secretion and absorption
Kidneys
Looks like a line of cubes
Simple Columnar
Secretion and absorption
Digestive tract
Looks like a line of rectangles
Stratified Squamous
Protects and covers
Skin and mouth
Looks like pancakes stacked
Stratified Cuboidal
Secretion and absorption
Salivary and sweat glands
Looks like cubes stacked
Pseudostratified Columnar
Secretion and absorption
Trachea and reproductive system
Looks like rectangles stacked but aren't
