Simple Squamous Epithelium

Function  secretes, lubricates, filtration, diffusion, osmosis  

Location  alveoli, walls of capillaries, kidney glomeruli      

adipose

Function  protects, insulates, stores fat                               

Location  beneath skin, around kidneys, behind eye, surface

   of the heart, in bones, abdomen, and breasts     

stratified squamous epithelium

Function   protection

Location   outer layer of skin, lining of mouth, throat, vagina

    and anal cavity        

simple cubodial epithelium

Function  secretion, absorption  

Location  lining kidney tubules, surface of ovary, lining 

   ducts certain glands       

simple columnar epithelium

Function  ciliated propels mucus or reproductive cells,

    protection, secretion, absorption

Location  lines uterus and digestive organs              

pseudostratified ciliates columnar epithelium

Function  protection, secretion, and movement of mucus

Location  trachea and male urethra      

blood

Function  delivers nutrients, oxygen, removes CO2, immune

    function   

Location  blood vessels                                                          

matrix is liquid = plasma

hyaline cartilage

Function  reinforce, cushions, resists compression, supports,

   protects, provides framework   

Location  end of long bone, nose, trachea, larynx, costal cartilage

compact bone

Function  levers for muscle, stores Ca

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, supports, protects

    provides framework                                            

Location  skeleton, middle ear                              

dense regular connective tissue

Function  withstands tensile strength in one direction, binds 

   muscle to bone, bone to bone  

Location  tendons (bone to muscle), ligaments (bone to bone)

areolar connective tissue

Function  cushions organs, covey tissue fluid, binds organs

    together, holds tissue together                      

Location  beneath the skin, between muscles, beneath

   epithelial tissue, mucus membranes, surrounds

   capillarie

smooth muscle tissue

Function  involuntarily propels substances (food, urine, baby), 

   motion of vessels, airways, and organs    

Location  walls of hollow internal organs, walls of arteries and 

arterioles    

skeletal muscle tissue

Function  voluntary movement of skeletal parts, facial

   expression, posture, and manipulation                       

Location  usually attached to bones, sometimes skin   

cardiac muscle tissue

Function  involuntary heart movement, circulation, propels

   blood                                                       

Location  heart muscle walls       

nervous muscle tissue

Function  sensitivity and conduction of nerve impulse      

Location  brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves                  

neuroglial cells surround