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Smooth Muscle Tissue
Digestive organs, blood vessels, urinary bladder
One nuclei per cell
Involuntary
No striations
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Striated
One nuclei per cell
Involuntary
Intercalated disc
Wall/barrier between cardiac muscle cells
Connective Tissue
Many kinds
Binds structures
Provides support & protection
Stores fat
Produces blood cells
Often has a matrix
Matrix
Material in between cells, in which more specialized structures are embedded (comparable to cytoplasm in a cell)
Collagenous Connective Tissue
Made up of collagen (Strong, non-elastic)
Elastic Connective Tissue
Made up of elastin (not very strong, elastic)
Reticular Connective Tissue
Similar to collagenous, but thinner, widespread
Fibroblasts
Create fibers for some varieties of connective tissues