Tissue Types Major Tissue Types
Epithelial Tissue Connective Tissue Muscle Tissue Nervous Tissue
Epithelial Tissues Simple Squamous Epithelium Simple Squamous Epithelium Simple Cuboidal Epithelium Simple Columnar Epithelium Stratified Epithelium Pseudostratified Epithelium Transitional Epithelium
Simple Squamous Epithelium Simple Squamous Cells
layer of squamous cells
1 Simple Cuboidal Epithelium Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
Simple Columnar Epithelium Simple Columnar Epithelium
Stratified Squamous Epidermis of the Skin Epithelium cornified layer of dead cells
stratified squamous epithelium
2 Pseudostratified Transitional Epithelium Columnar Epithelium goblet cell
Relaxed
Transitional Epithelium Connective Tissues extracelluar matrix fibroblasts
collagen fibers reticular fibers elastic Stretched fibers
Connective Tissues: Areolar Connective Tissue Fibrous Connective Tissues
Areolar Connective Tissue Dense Connective Tissue Elastic Connective Tissue Reticular Connective Tissue
3 Dense Connective Tissue Connective Tissues: Specialized Connective Tissues
Adipose Tissue Cartilage Bone Blood
Adipose Tissue Cartilage
chondrocytes
lacunae
matrix
Hyaline Cartilage Elastic Cartilage
chondrocytes in lacunae chondrocytes in lacunae matrix elastic fibers
4 Fibrocartilage Bone collagen spongy fibers bone
chondrocyte compact in lacuna bone
Compact Bone Compact Bone osteocytes in lacunae
canaliculi in matrix
Blood Muscle Tissues erythrocytes Skeletal Muscle Tissue Smooth Muscle Tissue Cardiac Muscle Tissue
leukocytes
5 Skeletal Muscle Tissue Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Smooth Muscle Tissue Smooth Muscle Tissue
Cardiac Muscle Tissue Cardiac Muscle Tissue
6 Nervous Tissues to Study Tissue Simple Squamous Epithelium dendrites Simple Cuboidal Epithelium Simple Columnar Epithelium cell body Stratified Squamous Epithelium Pseudostratified Epithelium axon Transitional Epithelium
Tissues to Study Tissues to Study Areolar Connective Tissue Compact Bone Dense Connective Tissue Blood Elastic Connective Tissue Cardiac Muscle Adipose Skeletal Muscle Hyaline Cartilage Smooth Muscle Elastic Cartilage Nervous Tissue Fibrocartilage
Assignment Assignment From your observations, draw Each figure should be simple, generalized line accompanied by a figure number diagrams that illustrate the and a clear descriptive title. diagnostic features of the In general, a diagram should be following list of tissue types. large enough to take up half a Be sure to clearly label the sheet of paper. significant features of that tissue type.
7 Tissue Types to Draw • One type of simple epithelium. • One other type (not simple) epithelium. • Compact bone. • One type of cartilage. • One other kind of connective tissue. • All three types of muscle tissue.
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