Types Of Body Tissues

Question 1

Body coverings, linings, glandular tissues. Avascular. Easily regenerate.

Protect. Absorb. Filter. Secrete.

Answer 1

Epithelial Tissue

Question 2

Everywhere in body to connect body parts. Most abundant & widely distributed tissues.

Fibroblast (web fibers). Extracellular matrix.

Protect. Support. Bind.

Answer 2

Connective Tissue

Question 3

Contract, shorten, produce movement.

Skeletal, cardiac, smooth

Answer 3

Muscular Tissue

Question 4

Receive and conduct electrochemical impulses to and from body parts.

Irritability. Conductivity.

Neurons, nerve support cells. Brain, spinal cord.

Answer 4

Nervous Tissue