Tissues

Tissues

1. Connective

2. Nervous

   • glial cells
     • support
     • insulation
     • protection
     • tethers nervous cells to blood vessels
   • nerve cell
     • cell body/soma
       • nucleus
       • other organelles
     • dendrites
       • collect signals from other cells to send to soma
     • Axon
       • carries messages to other neurons, muscles and glands

3. Muscular

   • skeletal
     • striated
     • multinucleated
   • cardiac
     • striated
     • uninucleated
     • intercalated discs
       • hold cells together
       • porous to allow signals through
     • branched
   • smooth
     • uninucleated
     • short, tapered

4. epithelial

   • Proper
     • covers and lines inner and outer body
     • shapes
       • squamous
       • cuboidal
       • columnar
     • layers
       • simple
       • stratified
       • pseudostratified
       • transitional
   • glandular
     • forms glands and secretes hormones and other substances