4 Main Tissues/ exit ticket Flashcards
Connective tissue:
Provides structural and functional support
Muscle tissue:
Contracts to produce movement
Nervous tissue:
Senses, conducts, and processes info.
Epithelial tissue:
Forms sheets that cover or line the body
Lines body cavities and covers body’s external surface
Epithelium
Pumps blood, flushed urine out of the body, allows one to swing a bat
Muscular
Transmits waves of excitation
Nervous
Anchors and packages body organs
Nervous
Cells may absorb, protect, or form a filtering membrane
Epithelium
Most involved in regulating body functions quickly
Nervous
Major function is to contract
Muscular
The most durable tissue type
Epithelium
Abundant non living extracellular matrix
Connective
Forms nerves
Nervous
How are epithelial tissues classified ?
First name is how many layers. Second name is the shape.