Types of tissues in the body

Types of tissues in the body

1. Epithelial

   • Pseudostratified
     • Found in air passages.
   • Simple Squamous
     • Found in lining of the air sacs in the lungs.
   • Simple Cubodial
     • Found in the ducts of glands.
   • Simple Columnar
     • Found in the digestive tract.
   • Stratified squamous
     • Found in the oral cavity, esophagus, vagina, and canal.
   • Transitional
     • Found in the bladder or ureters.

2. Nervous

   • Neurons
     • Found in the brain, spinal cord, and in the nerves.
   • Neuroglia
     • Found in the brain, spinal cord, and in the nerves.

3. Connective

   • Loose Connective
     • Found in binding of skin to internal organs.
   • Dense irregular
     • Found in the dermis layer of skin.
   • Reticular
     • Found in the spleen.
   • Hyaline cartilage
     • Found in ends of bones at joints.
   • Elastic cartilage
     • Found in the ear, or epiglottis.
   • Fibrocartilidge
     • Found in intervertibral discs, and discs of knee joints.
   • Bone
     • Found in the skeleton.
   • Blood
     • Found in circulation throughout body.
   • Dense regular
     • Found in tendons and ligaments.

4. Muscle

   • Skeletal
     • Found in the muscles connected to bones.
   • Smooth
     • Found in walls of many internal organs.
   • Cardiac
     • Found in intercalated walls of heart and discs between cells.

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