HUMAN BODY

TISSUE
 ORGANISM’s
LEVEL of Organization
TISSUE
Group of cells
that come together to perform
A COMMON FUNCTION
FOUR TYPES OF TISSUE
 Lines our body
cavities and
Functions:organs

Protects, Absorbs,
Secretes
and Excretes

Classification:

❑ Based on Shape
❑ Based on Arrangement
❑ Based on Function
CLASSIFICATION based on
FUNCTION

MUCOUS MEMBRANE
GLANDULAR EPITHELIUM
ENDOTHELIUM
MESOTHELIUM
 Mucous Membrane
an epithelial tissue that
secretes mucus

lines many body cavities and

tubular organs including the gut and
respiratory passages.
Mucous Membrane of Respiratory Tract
Goblet cells are specialized type of cell that produce mucus
 Glandular
Epithelium
Responsible for the formation of glands

GLANDS – groups of cells that produce

and secrete specific products

Glands are actually

INVOLUTIONS
of epithelial cells
Secrete HORMONES right into Secrete their juices into tubes
the bloodstream or nearby cells or DUCTS that lead to the
outside of the body
 Its main function is for
movement.
It has the ability to contract.

Three Types:

Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Muscle cells are called
MUSCLE FIBERS
 SKELETAL MUSCLE
generally responsible for the movement of
the body

connected to the bones via tendons.

 Cardiac Muscle
It forms the contractile tissue of the heart which
functions for pumping blood.
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 SMOOTH MUSCLE
It is found in the walls of the digestive tract, bladder,
arteries and other internal organs.
General Functions:

1. Protect the body

2. Support the body
3. Bind different body structures
4. Transport materials
5. Immunity
 Characteristics of Connective
Tissue
• Most abundant type
of tissue
• Cells are widely
spread
• Consists of mostly
fibers and ground
substance
(extracellular
matrix)
• Highly vascular
FORMS of Connective
Tissue
HARD CONNECTIVE TISSUE:
• Bone and Cartilage

SOFT CONNECTIVE TISSUE:

• Loose and Dense

FLUID CONNECTIVE TISSUE

•Blood and Lymph
LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Functions:
• Wraps and cushion organs Location:
• Beneath the skin
• Phagocytize bacteria
• Around Blood vessels, Muscles and Nerves
• Mediate inflammation
• Stores tissue fluids
Functions: Locations:
• Stores fats (reserve body fuel) • Beneath the skin (in the hypodermis)
• Insulator to prevent heat loss • Around kidneys
• Supports and protects organs • Within abdomen
• Breast region
Location:
• Liver
• Bone marrow
• Lymph nodes
• Spleen

Function:
• Its fibers form an internal
skeleton (stroma) which
supports other cell types
like WBC, mast cells and
Macrophage.
DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Regular, Irregular, Elastic

Dense Regular Connective
Tissue

Attaches muscle to bones Attaches bones to bones

 Primarily parallel collagen fibers; a few elastic fibers; major cell type is the
fibroblast.

It can withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction.
 DENSE IRREGULAR
C. TISSUE

Primarily irregularly arranged collagen fibers;

some elastic fibers;
major cell type is the fibroblast; defense cells and fat cells are also present.

Able to withstand tension exerted in many directions; provides structural strength.

Location: capsule of joint, dermis of the skin, outer covering of body tubes like arteries
A dense regular tissue containing a high proportion of
ELASTIC FIBERS

Allows recoil of tissue following stretching

SPECIALIZED CONNECTIVE
TISSUE
 CARTILAGE
Provides firm but flexible support for
the embryonic skeleton and part of
adult skeleton

Chondrocytes : main cells of cartilage

 Forms the skeleton of the
embryo

Location:
• Nose tip
• Bronchi and Bronchial tubes
• Larynx
 Predominated by THICK COLLAGEN FIBERS

Function:
Tensile strength with the ability to absorb compressive
shock.
Locations of Fibrocartilage
 Similar to Hyaline Cartilage but has MORE ELASTIC FIBER

It maintains the shape of the structure while allowing flexibility.

It is found in EARS and EPIGLOTTIS

 BONE
It forms the skeleton of the body.
It supports and protects underlying tissues
and organs.
Serves as attachments for Skeletal
Muscle.

Osteocytes: bone cells

Bone is a Hard Connective Tissue
BLOOD
Blood
The fluid within the blood vessel and the most
atypical of all the connective tissue.

It is consists of blood cells surrounded by a non-living

matrix which is the plasma.

Unlike other connective tissue matrix, the matrix of

the blood is not secreted by connective tissue cells.