Question | Answer |
Skeletal Muscle | Function: Voluntary Movement
Location: Skeletal muscles attached to bones |
Transitional Epithelium | Function: Permits distention of urinary organ by contained urine
Location: Urinary Bladder |
Stratified Columnar Epithelium | Function: Protection
Location: Male uretha |
Stratified Squamous Epithelium | Function: Protects areas subject to abrasion
Location: Moist linings of esophagus and mouth |
Cartilage:
Fibrocartilage | Function: Tensile strength with the ability to absorb compressive shock
Location: discs of knee joints |
Bone
(osseous) | Function: Supports and protects
Location: Bones |
Cartilage:
Elastic | Function: Maintains the shape of a structure while allowing great flexibility
Location: External Ear |
Loose Conective Tissue:
Adipose | Function:Insulates against heat loss
Location: Around kidneys |
Dense Connective Tissue:
Elastic | Function: Allows recoil of tissue following stretching
Location: Walls of large arteries |
Cardiac Muscle | Function: As it contracts, it propels blood into the circulation
Location: The walls of the heart |
Nervous Tissue | Function: Transmit electrical signals from sensory receptors to effectors which control their activity
Location: Spinal Cord; Nerves |
Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium | Function: Protection
Location: Mammary Glands |
Single Columnar Epithelium | Function: Secretion of mucus enzymes and other substances
Location: Most of the digestive tract |
Blood | Function: Transport resp. gases, nutrients, wastes, and other substances
Location: Contained within blood vessels |
Loose Connective Tissue:
Areolar | Function: Wraps and cushions organs
Location: Surrounds capillaries |
Dense Connective Tissue:
Dense Regular | Function: Attaches muscles to bones or muscle to muscles
Location: Tendons |
Dense Connective Tissue:
Dense Irregular | Function: Provides structural strength
Location: Dermis of Skin |
Cartilage:
Hyaline | Function:Supports and Reinforces
Location: Cartilage of Nose, Trachea, and Larynx |
Embryonic Connective Tissue:
Mesenchyme | Function: Gives rise to all other connective tissue types
Location: Primarily in embryo |
Loose Connective Tissue:
Reticular | Function: Supports other cell types
Location: Lymphoid organs |
Smooth Muscle | Function: Propels substances or objects along internal passageways
Location: Walls of hallow organs |
Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium | Function: Secretion of mucus
Location: Most of upper respiratory tract |
Simple Cuboidal Epithelium | Function: Secretion and Absorption
Location: Ovary Surface |