| epithelial tissue (epithelium) | covering or lining tissue
closely joined cells
thin, flat, column, cube, etc. depending on tissue
line inside and/or outside of heart kidney lungs |
| connective tissue | provides support, holds body parts together
separated by large amounts of material not made from cells (matrix) |
| connective tissue eg | bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, fat storage, blood |
| types of muscular tissue | skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
| skeletal muscle tissue | muscle attached to bones
voluntary muscle
stirated muscle |
| smooth muscle tissue | so stirations
involuntary
stomach, intestines, iris, uterus |
| cardiac muscle | makes up most of the heart, pumps blood
involuntary
stirations |
| nervous tissue | neurons have long projections from the body of the cell
when stimulated, messages are carried along projections from one part of the body to another
nervous tissue found in brain, spinal cord, nerves |
