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Tissue Concept Map

The document summarizes four major tissue types found in the human body: epithelial, muscle, nervous, and connective tissues. It provides the location, main cell types, functions, and some examples of each tissue type in 1-3 concise sentences.

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Tissue Concept Map

The document summarizes four major tissue types found in the human body: epithelial, muscle, nervous, and connective tissues. It provides the location, main cell types, functions, and some examples of each tissue type in 1-3 concise sentences.

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  • Overview of Biological Tissues

Function:

Squamous Role: Smooth Cardiac Skeletal


secretion, Cuboidal Columnar Function:
Epithelium Movement Muscle Muscle Muscle
selective Epithelium Epithelium provides
absorption, posture and
Location: lines
protection, body support,
the cavities transcellular Cells
and surfaces locomotion,
transport, and heat
of blood sensing
vessels and production
organs
throughout the
Location:
body inside heart,
digestive
organs, and
Function: Role: Epithelial Muscle
blood vessels,
binding and Protect Tissue Tissue
in walls of
supporting, hollow
protecting, Role: visceral
insulating, Support organs,
storing Tissue attached to
reserve fuel, Role: skeleton
transporting Communication
substances Function:
within the Location: Neurons coordinates
Connective Nervous
body Tissue tendons, Tissue and controls
ligaments... many body
Ligaments
activities,
transmit
Location: electrical
Adipose brain, spinal signals from
Tendons Tissue cords, nerves sensory
(fat) receptors and
Neuroglia to effectors
Cartilage (muscles and
Blood Bone
glands) which
control their
activity

Tissue
Epithelial
Tissue
Muscle
Tissue
Connective
Tissue
Nervous
Tissue
Neurons
Cartilage
Blood
Tendons
Ligaments
Role:
Movem

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