Tissue types in the body - Mind Map

Tissue types in the body

Nervous

Nervous tissue

Function is to receive and send messages

Located in brain/Spinal Cord Neurons in your body!

Muscle

Cardiac

Function is to pump the heart

Located ONLY IN THE HEART

Smooth

Function is to digestion and movement of blood

Located in the digestive system, veins, and arteries

Skeletal

Located anywhere you can move

Function is to move bones/ contract by pulling on the bones

Epithelial

Simple Cuboidal (1 layer)

Function is to absorb or secreting material into the ducts or tubes

Located in kidney tubules, ducts, and covering ovaries

Simple Squamous (1 layer)

Function is diffusion and filtration

Location in the lungs and blood vessels

Simple Columnar (1 layer)

Function is secretion and absorption

Located in stomach and intestines, digestive tract and uterus

Stratified Cuboidal (Multiple layers)

Function is secretion of saliva and sweat

Located in the salivary and sweat glands

Pseudostratified columnar (1 layer)

Function is secretion and cilia-aided movement

Location is the lining air passages and tubes of the reproductive system

Connective

Loose/Aerolar

Located throughout the skin

Function is to bind underlying organs to skin and to each other

Dense

Located in the dermis of skin tendons, ligaments

Function is that it has college nous fibers closely packed, connects bone to bone and muscle to bone

Elastic

Function is to expand and contract

Located in the surrounding internal organs that get large/small stomach/bladder/intestines

Recticular/Lymphoid

Located in the lymphatic tissue

Function is immune system

Cartilage

Located in the nose and respiratory passages

Function is to support so bone doesn’t rub against bone

Bone

Function is to support the body and create blood

Located in the skeletal system

Blood

Supplies nutrients and O2

Located all over your body

Adipose/fat

Located all other the body

Function is protection cushion, insulation to preserve body heat, stores energy

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