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 central canal 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. 8.