Types of Tissues

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Connective Tissue

Bone

Bones

Protects and supports organs

Cartilage

Ears and Nose

Forms support for body and covers the ends of bones

Reticular Tissue

Spleen, Lymphoids

Supports blood cells and lymphoid organs Produces white blood cells

Elastic Tissue

Stomach, lungs, bladder

Supports structures that change size

Dense Tissue

Ligament, tendon, skin

Forms muscles and dermis

Adipose

It's found mainly in fat

Protects the body, insulates, and stores energy

Blood

It's found in vessels, veins, and the heart

Carries products throughout the body to the cells

Loose Connective Tissue

Found in fat and every organ system in the body

Protects the body and holds the organs together

Nervous Tissue

Neurons

Creates neurons Send electrical signals to the body

Epithelial Tissue

Pseudo Stratified Columnar

Lining air passageways and reproductive tubes

Secretion and cilia aided movement

Stratified Cubodial

Salivary glands and sweat glands

Stratified Squamous

Mouth and esophagus

Protection

Simple Columnar

Intestines and stomach

Simple Cubodial

Kidneys

Secretion and absorbtion

Simple Squamous Tissue

Lungs

Diffusion and filtration

Muscle Tissue

Skeletal

Near bones and skin

Pulls on bones to create movement

Cardiac

The heart

Helps the heart pump blood to the body

Smooth

In hollow organs like the stomach

To contract and expand in hollow organs Digest, move blood through the body