Connective, Muscle, and Nervous Tissue

Elastic Cartilage

gives support and maintains shape; ear, epiglottis, eustachian tube

Hyaline Cartilage

provides smooth surfaces for joint movement, flexibility, and support; nose, ribs to sternum, bones of embryonic skeleton

Fibrocartilage

support and rigidity; intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis, meniscus of knee

Skeletal Muscle

voluntary motion, posture, heat production; attached to bones by ligaments

Smooth Muscle

involuntary constriction, propulsion, contraction; walls of blood vessels, airways to lungs, stomach

Cardiac Muscle

pumps blood to all body parts; heart walls

Nervous Tissue

sends and receives nerve impulses; nervous system

Reticular Connective

forms stroma of certain organs; stroma of liver, spleen, lymph nodes

Mucous Connective

forms all other kinds of connective tissue after differentiating; under skin, along developing bones of embryo, along blood vessels

Areolar Connective

strength, elasticity, support; superficial part of dermis, around organs, subcutaneous layer deep to skin

Adipose Connective

reduces heat loss, reserves energy, supports and protects; subcutaneous layer deep to skin, around heart and kidneys, behind eyeball

Blood Tissue

transports oxygen and CO2; within chambers of the heart, blood vessels

Bone Tissue

support and protection; skeletal system