| Term | Definition |
| Simple Columnar Epithelium | Forms lining of stomach and intestines. Also elongated cells with elongated nuclei located near basement membrane. |
| Simple Cuboidal Epithelium | Lines kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands |
| Simple squamous Epithelium | Single layer of flattened cells and forms walls of capillaries and air sacs of lungs. |
| Pseudo-stratified columnar Epithelium | Commonly possesses cilia that move dust and mucus out of the respiratory airways.
Nuclei located at different levels within a single row of aligned cells.
Appear layered (stratified) but are a single layer of cells. (Simple) |
| Stratified Squamous Epithelium | Deeper cells cuboidal, or columnar; older cells flattened nearest the free surface.
Forms lining of oral cavity, esophagus, anal canal, and vagina. |
| Transitional Epithelium | Consists of several layers of cells, allowing an expandable lining and forms inner lining of urinary bladder. |
| Adipose Tissue | Functions as heat insulator beneath skin |
| Areolar Tissue | Contains larger amounts of fluid and transports nutrients, wastes, and gases. |
| Blood | Cells in solid matrix arranged around central canal |
| Bone (compact) | Main tissue of tendons and ligaments |
| Dense connective Tissue (regular) | Forms framework of outer ear |
| Elastic cartilage | Occurs in some ligament attachments between vertebrae and larger artery walls |
| Elastic connective Tissue | Pads between vertebrae that are shock absorbers |
| Fibrocartilage | Forms the ends of many long bones |
| Hyaline Cartilage | Binds skin to underlying organs |
| Reticular connective Tissue | Forms supporting Tissue in walls of liver and spleen |
| Cardiac muscle | Striated and involuntary.
Muscle that composes heart.
Contains intercalated discs. |
| Nervous Tissue | Coordinates, regulates, and integrates body functions.
Contains neurons and neuroglia.
Conducts impulses along cellular processes. |
| Skeletal muscle | Muscle attached to bones.
Strained and voluntary. |
| Smooth muscle | Moves food through the digestive tract.
Muscle that lacks striations. |
| Apocrine sweat gland | Become active at puberty in a axillary and groin regions |
| Arrector pili muscle | Causes hair to stand on end and goose bumps to appear |
| Dermis | Inner layer of skin |
| Epidermis | Responds to elevated body temperature |
| Hair follicle | General name of entire superficial layer of the skin |
| Keratin | Tubelike part that contains the root of the hair |
| Melanin | Tough protein of nails and hair |
| Merocrine sweat gland | Epidermal pigment |
| Sebaceous gland | Gland that secretes an oily mixture |
| Sebum | Oily secretion that helps to waterproof body surface |
| Stratum Basale | Cell division and deepest layer of epidermis |
| Stratum corneum | Outermost layer of epidermis |
