Tissue Structures and Functions

epithelial tissues

ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm

simple squamous tissue

thin, flat cells; inner lining of arteries, veins, and body cavities; single layer

simple cuboidal tissue

square with a nucleus; single layer

simple columnar tissue

goblet cells; single layer

pseudostratified columnar tissue

goblet cells; cilia; single layer but looks multilayered

stratified squamous tissue

stacks of the thin, flat cells

areolar tissues

fibers, loose connective tissue, collagen, elastic tissue, used to connect skin to muscle

areolar tissue

adipose tissues

found in arteries, veins, and nerves; fat

adipocyte

fat cell

adipose tissue

cartilage tissues

trachea slide, have matrix (surrounding area), lacunae (cavities where chondrocytes are found)

cartilage tissue

bone tissues

have lacunae (cavities), canaliculi (canals that connect lacunae), osteons (single sections), osteon canals, and are made of osteocytes

bone tissue

blood tissues

has plasma (clear, mainly water, light), erythrocytes (red), leukocytes (white), and platelets (thrombocytes)

blood tissue

smooth muscle tissues

non-striated, involuntary (middle/outer layers of intestine, middle layer of blood vessels, vein, and nerve)

smooth muscle tissue

skeletal muscle tissues

striated, voluntary, multinucleate

skeletal muscle tissue

cardiac muscle tissues

striated, involuntary, intercalated discs

cardiac muscle tissue

nervous tissues

neurons, neuroglia, dendrites and axons, cross section of nerve

nervous tissue