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Types of Human Body Tissues Explained

The document discusses the four main types of tissues in the human body: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissue lines body cavities, covers organs, and forms large surfaces. Connective tissue supports and links other tissues, providing protection, fat storage, and circulatory functions. Muscle tissue provides contraction and relaxation of surfaces, organs, and blood vessels. Nerve tissue generates and transmits electrical signals in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

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Types of Human Body Tissues Explained

The document discusses the four main types of tissues in the human body: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissue lines body cavities, covers organs, and forms large surfaces. Connective tissue supports and links other tissues, providing protection, fat storage, and circulatory functions. Muscle tissue provides contraction and relaxation of surfaces, organs, and blood vessels. Nerve tissue generates and transmits electrical signals in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

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• Tissues are composed of cells similar in structure and specialized to perform a specific function

for the body.

• The human body is made of four general types of tissues.

– Epithelial tissues – for lining body cavities, covering internal organs and large surfaces.

– Connective tissues – for supporting and linking tissues or organs together; some are
specialized to provide protection, to store fat, and even to provide circulatory function
in the cardiovascular system.

– Muscle tissues – for providing contraction and relaxation in the body surfaces, in the
heart chambers , and in hollow organs such as blood vessels and the digestive tract.

– Nerve tissue – for generating and transmitting electrical signals (nerve impulses ) in the
brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

Epithelial tissues (Epithelium)

 Simple squamous epithelium

 Simple cuboidal epithelium

 Simple columnar epithelium

 Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

 Stratified squamous epithelium

 Stratified cuboidal epithelium

 Stratified columnar epithelium

 Transitional Epithelium

 Glandular epithelium

 Exocrine glands

 Multicellular exocrine glands

 Simple

 Compound

 Multicellular
 Tubular

 Alveolar

 tubuloalveolar

 Endocrine glands

 Connective tissue

 Loose Connective Tissue

 Reticular Connective Tissue

 Adipose Tissue

 Dense irregular Connective tissue

 Blood

 Cartilage

 Hyaline cartilage

 Elastic Cartilage

 Fibrocartilage

 Bone

 Muscle tissue

 Skeletal Muscle

 Cardiac Muscle

 Smooth muscle

 Nervous Tissue

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