Tissues Flashcards
Name the four primary tissues
Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, and Nervous
What is the main purpose of epithelial tissues?
Covers and lines other tissues
Epithelial tissue is found where?
Bladder, mouth, blood vessels, thorax, and all body cavities
Three cellular attachments
Tight junction, desmosome, and gap junction
8 different types of epithelial tissue
Simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple columnar, stratified squamous, stratified cuboidal, stratified columnar, and pseudostratified columnar.
What is the main purpose of connective tissues?
Serves as a “protective sheath” around organs
Composed of 3 different elements
Ground substance, extracellular fibers, and cells
Loose connective tissues are…
Areolar, adipose, and reticular
Dense connective tissues are…
Dense regular, dense irregular, and elastic
Specialized connective tissues are…
Cartilage(hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage), bone, and blood
Areolar tissue is found…
Everywhere
Adipose tissue functions as a
Shock absorber
Reticular tissue provides
An internal skeleton for the spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow
Example of dense regular
Tendons and ligaments
Example of dense irregular
Joint capsules