SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

Single layer of flattened cells with disc-shaped central nuclei and sparse ctoplasm

(air sacs of lung passage/ secretes lunricating substances in serosae)

SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

secretion and absorption

(kidney tubules)

SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

single layer, abosprion of mucus enzymes etc

(lines digestive tract)

PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

 may contain goblet and bear cilia

single layer/secretion of mucus propulsion 

(sperm-carrying duct)

STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM(esophagus)

thick membrane composed of several layers;

protecs underlying tissues in subject to abrasion

(linings of the esophagus, mouth, vagina) 

STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

generally two layers of cubelike cells/Protection 

(salivary gland duct)

STRATIFIED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

several cell layers;protection/secretion

(lining of the male uretha)

TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM

permits distension of urinary organ holding urine

(LINING THE BLADDER)

AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

underlies epithelia and surrounds capillaries

EMBRYONIC CONNECTIVE TISUE: MESENCHYME

gives rise to all connective tissue types 

(embryo)

CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER: LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE (AREOLAR)

wraps cushions organs:inflammation

(under epithelium)

CONNECTIVE ISSUE PROPER: LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE (ADIPOSE)

provides reserve fuel, insulates against heat loss

(KIDNEY,EYEBALL,BREAST)

CONNECTIV TISSUE PROPER: LOOSE CONN TIISUE (RETICULAR)

FORM SOFT UNTERNAL SKELETON SUPPORTS OTHER CELL TYPES 

 (LYMPHOID ORGANS SPLEEN)

CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER: DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE ( DENSE REGUALR)

attaches musble to bones (tendons)

DENSE IRREGULAR (CONNECTIVE PROPER)

ABLE TO WITHSTAND TENSION/STRUCTURAL STRENGTH

(FIBROUSE CAPSULES OF ORGANS AND JOINTS)

HYALINE

SUPPORTS AND REINFORCES

(TRACHEA)

CARTILAGE: ELASTIC

FLEXIBLE SKELETON OF THE EAR 

(EAR PINNA)

CARTILLAGE: FIBROCARTILLAGE

 fibers absorb compresion and shock

(INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS)

BONE

(osseous tissue)

BLOOD

TRANSPORT OF RESPIRATORY GASES, NUTRIENTS

(BLOOD VESSELS)

NERVOUS TISSUE

transmit electrical signals  

(NEURONS)

SKELETAL MUSCLE

voluntary movement;facial expressions

(skeletal muscles attached to bones)

CARDIAC MUSCLE

as contracts, pumps blood into circulation 

  (walls of heart)

SMOOTH MUSCLE

protects substances along internal passageways

(Walls of hollow organs)