Four Tissue Types

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What are the four primary tissue types?

Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous.

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What characterizes epithelial tissue?

Tightly packed cells with little ECM; covers, lines, and forms glands.

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What characterizes connective tissue?

Cells dispersed in ECM; binds, supports, protects, transports.

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What characterizes muscle tissue?

Cells capable of contraction and force generation.

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What characterizes nervous tissue?

Cells that send, receive, and coordinate information, plus supporting cells.

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What is ECM?

Extracellular matrix; material surrounding cells in tissues.

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Which tissue typically has abundant ECM?

Connective tissue.

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Which tissue typically has very little ECM between cells?

Epithelial tissue.