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| receives impulses and transmits toward cell body |
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| transmits impulses away from cell body |
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| strong, flexible and slightly elastic white fibers |
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| less strength, more elastic, yellow fibers |
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| lines body cavities and tubes that open to the outside |
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| characteristic of tissue: protection, secretion, absoprtion |
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| characteristic of tissue: support of soft body parts, binds structures together |
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| characteristic of tissue: produce body movement |
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| characteristic of tissue: conduct impulses, helps control and coordinate body activity |
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| simple squamous epithelium |
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| function: exchanges of gases, lines blood vessels |
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| location of simple squamous epithelium |
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| simple cuboidal epithelium |
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| function: secretion and absorption |
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| location of simple cuboidal epithelium |
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| simple columnar epithelium |
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| function: protection, secretion, absorption |
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| digestive tract and uterus |
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| location of simple columnar epithelium |
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| stratified squamous epithelium |
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| function: protects underlying cells |
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| location of stratified squamous epithelium |
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| pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
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| location of pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
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| stratified cuboidal epithelium |
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| many glands and reproductive organs |
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| location of stratified cuboidal epithelium |
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| stratified columnar epithelium |
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| location of stratified columnar epithelium |
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| function: allows for tissue stretching |
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| location of transitional epithelium |
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| loose (areolar) connective tissue |
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| function: forms thin membranes between organs |
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| beneath skin and between muscles |
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| location of loose connective tissue |
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| function: store fat (energy), protective cushion for joints and organs |
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| beneath skin, around kidneys, heart and various joints |
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| location of adipose tissue |
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| function: to bind body parts together |
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| tendons, ligaments, eyes, skin |
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| location of dense connective tissue |
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| function: support and framework (few fibers) |
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| location of hyaline cartilage |
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| function: support and framework (numerous fibers) |
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| location of elastic cartilage |
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| function: shock absorber for structures subjected to pressure |
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| function: provide internal support for the body |
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| location of bone connective tissue |
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| function: locomotion, movement of body parts |
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| location of skeletal muscle tissue |
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| function: movement of internal organs |
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| walls of many internal organs |
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| location of smooth muscle tissue |
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| function: pump blood within circulatory system |
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| location of cardiac muscle tissue |
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| function: find and support nerve tissues |
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| brain, spinal cord, nerves |
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| location of neuroglial cells |
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| contains nucleus and most of cytoplasm |
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| type of cell found in tissues that produce fibers |
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| join and arrange cells in branched, interconnecting networks |
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| scavenger cells, specialized to carry on phago-cytosis cells that come in and destroy other cells by eating them |
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| non-living portion of tissues |
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| tissue fluids accumulate in loose connective tissue and cause it to swell |
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| epithelium cell that secretes mucus |
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| a system of tiny tubes through which nutrients and waste materials are exchanged. "little canals" |
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| cover all free body surfaces, anchored to a connective tissue by a basement membrane, tightly packed, avascular, replaced continuously |
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| general characteristics of epithelial tissue |
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| cells look like small cubes when viewed in cross section |
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| cells look like tiny columns or cylinder; nucleus is found toward base of each cell |
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| 2 or more layers of cells |
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| cells falsely appear to be layered, actually only 1 cell layered thick |
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| most abundant tissue in body, not closely packed |
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| general characteristics of connective tissue |
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| the intracellular space, consists of fibers and ground substance |
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| temporarily appear in tissues usually in response to injury of infection |
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| cels that are usually present in stable numbers |
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| joins epithelial tissue to connective tissue |
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