Tissue Types

Basement Membrane

The layer between the epithelium and the connective tissues

Simple Squamous

Picture from lung alveoli

Simple Cuboidal

Picture from kidney

Simple columnar

Picture from the small intestine

Pseudostratified

Picture from trachea

Goblet Cell

Found in columnar and pseudostratified cells, secretes mucus for the respiratory and digestive tracts.

Stratified Squamous

Picture from esophagus

Keratinized Stratified Squamous

Picture from human skin

Stratified Cuboidal/Columnar

Uncommon in the human body

Areolar Connective Tissue

Adipose Connective Tissue

Dense Regular Connective Tissue

Dense Irregular Connective Tissue

Hyaline Cartilage

Elastic Cartilage

Fibrocartilage

Chondroblasts

Cartilage cells that produce the matrix that will trap them

Chondrocytes

Cartilage cells that are trapped in lacunae

Nervous Tissue

Skeletal Muscle

Smooth Muscle

Cardiac Muscle