Composed

mostly of cells Nucleus present No nucleus present

Connective Tissue Composed mostly fibers

Non-parallel fibers Parallel fibers

Non-circular formation Blood

Cell appears not empty contains a lacuna Cells appear empty

Chondrocyte (cartilage cells) In lacunae(space) present

Not present Circular formation

Long fibers Short fibers

Hyaline Cartilage

Non-tightly Tightly Recticular packed packed Dense Regular Lacunae present No lacunae present Fibrocartilage Thin fibers Thick fibers dominate dominate Areolar Bone Elastic Dense Irregular Dense Irregular Cartilage Elastic Collagenous

Adipose

 Muscle Tissue Striations (lines moving Longitudinal along cells) No striations Striations None. Unbranched (no visible connections between muscle fibers None. No striations (no lines moving longitudinal along cell) Multi-nucleus Mono-nucleated

Branched (connection between fibers)

Intercalated disks Intercalated disks None. No intercalated disks Skeletal Muscle None.

No intercalated disks

Smooth Muscle

Intercalated disks (junction between No intercalate cells) Disks(no visible junctions between cells) Cardiac Muscles None.