Connective and Epithelial tissue Review with Images

Areolar

Binds Organs (beneath skin, surrounds organs

Adipose

Protects, Insulates, stores fats

Dense regular

binds body parts, tendons/ligaments

Dense irregular

sustains tissue tension, dermis

Hyaline

supports, protects, provides framework, ends of bone and nose

Elastic Cartilage

supports, protects, provides flexible framework, external ear, part of larynx

Fibrocartilage

supports, protects, absorbs shock, between vertebrae, parts of knee

Bone

supports, protects, provides framework, skeleton, middle ear

Blood

transports gases, defends against disease, clotting, throughout body

simple squamous epithelium

simple cuboidal epithelium

simple columnar epithelium

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

stratified squamous epithelium

stratified cuboidal epithelium

stratified columnar epithelium

transitional epithelium

glandular epithelium

osteoblast

bone forming cells

osteoclast

Bone-destroying cells

osteocyte

mature bone cell

chondrocyte

Cartilage cells