Download Connective-Muscle-Nervous Mix and Match

Tissue Type
Function
Location
Description
Areolar
serves as a type of universal
packing material between
other tissues
the most widely distributed
in the body; separates
muscles, wraps small blood
vessels and nerves,
surrounds glands, and
forms the subcutaneous
tissue; present in all
mucous membranes
loose connective tissue that
consists of a meshwork of
collagen, elastic tissue, and
reticular fibres - with many
connective tissue cells in
between the meshwork of
fibres.
Adipose
acts as an insulating layer
has a protective function,
providing mechanical
protection ("padding")
and support around some of
the major organs
means of energy storage
located beneath the the
skin, inspaces between
muscles, around kidneys,
behind eyeballs, in certain
abdominal membranes, on
surface of the heart, and
around certain joints
a loose fibrous connective
tissue that is packed with
many fat cells (called
"adipocytes")
Reticular
forms the stroma, or
internal supporting
framework of several organs
lymph nodes, spleen, bone
marrow, and liver
delicate network of
interwoven reticular fibers
cells-some are fibroblastlike, others differentiate
into phagocytic
macrophages
Dense Regular
withstands great tensil
stress when pulling force is
applied in one direction
Strength and resistance
: primarily parallel collagen
fibers, a few elastin fibers,
and major cell type is the
fibroblast
Dense Irregular
able to withstand tension
exerted in many directions;
provides structural strength
located in the tendons,
most ligaments, and
aponeuroses (sheet-like
tendon that separates
muscle from muscle);
attaches muscle to bone or
to muscles, bone to bone
located in the dermis of the
skin, submucosa of the
digestive tract, fibrous
capsules of organs and of
joints, fascia (white sheets
that surround the muscle
: primarily irregularly
arranged collagen fibers,
some elastin, major cell
type is fibroblast
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Dense Elastic
yields easily to a pulling
force or pressure and then
recoils to its original length
located in the walls of the
aorta, some parts of the
trachea and bronchi, forms
the vocal cords and the
ligamenta flava connecting
the vertebrae
predominant fiber type is
elastin
Hyaline Cartilage
important in the framework
for development of most
bones
found on the ends of bones
in many joints, in the soft
part of the nose, and in
supporting rings of the
respiratory passages
most common type; very
fine collagenous fibers in its
matrix and looks somewhat
like white plastic
shock absorber for
structures subjected to
pressure
forms pads (intervertebral
diswks) between the
individual parts of the
backbone, cushions bones
in the knees and in the
pelvic girdle
very tough tissue containing
many collagenous fibers
Elastic Cartilage
provides framework
external ears and parts of
the larynx
dense network of elastic
fibers; more flexible than
hyaline cartilage
Bone (Osseous
Tissue)
supports and protects,
provides levers for muscles
to act on, stores calcium and
other minerals and fat,
marrow inside bones is site
for blood cell formation
(hematopoiesis)
Bones
hard, calcified matrix
containing many collagen
fibers; very well
vascularized; contains
osteocytes (bone forming
cells)
Fibrocartilage
Blood (Vascular
Tissue)
transport of respiratory
gases, nutrients, wastes, and
other substances
contained within blood
vessels
Location
red and white blood cells in
a fluid matrix (plasma
Tissue Type
Function
Description
Skeletal Muscle
voluntary control; functions
in locomotion,
manipulation of
environment, facial
expressions
located in skeletal muscles
attached to bones or
occasionally to skin
long, cylindrical,
multinucleated cells with
obvious striations
Cardiac Muscle
propels blood into
circulation as it contracts;
involuntary control
located only in the walls of
the hear
branching, striated generally
uninucleated cells that fit
together tightly at unique
junctions called intercalated
discs
Smooth Muscle
propels substances or
objects (foodstuff, urine, a
baby) along internal
passages; involuntary
control
mostly in the walls of
hollow organs
spindle-shaped cells with
central nuclei; cells arranged
closely to form sheets; no
striations
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Nervous
Neurons
Neuroglial Cells
transmits electrical signals
from sensory receptors and
to effectors (muscles and
glands) which control their
activity; types of cells:
the brain, spinal cord, and
nerves that conduct
impulses to and from the
various body organs
branching cells, cytoplasmic
extensions, that may be
quite long, extend from the
nucleus-containing cell body
generate and conduct nerve
impulses over substantial
distances
Brain, spinal cord,
throughout the body as the
peripheral nervous system
branching cells cytoplasmic
extensions
support, insulate, and
protect the delicate
neurons
Brain, spinal cord,
throughout the body as the
peripheral nervous system
nonconducting cells