EPITHELIAL TISSUE
What is to cover surfaces and line cavities/organs?
The connective tissue type that has a liquid matrix and transports oxygen, nutrients, and waste through the body
What is blood?
The only location in the body where cardiac muscle is found
What is the heart?
Nervous tissue is classified as this type of tissue because its primary job is to receive, process, and transmit information throughout the body — not to cover, support, or contract
What is excitable (or conducting) tissue?
Includes skeletal, cardiac, and smooth types
What is muscle tissue?
The type of epithelial tissue that is flat and scale-like, found lining blood vessels and the air sacs of the lungs
What is simple squamous epithelium?
This dense connective tissue connects muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
The type of muscle movement responsible for pushing food through the digestive tract
What is peristalsis?
This is the term for nervous tissue that is organized into a dense, solid mass and serves as the body's command center for thought, memory, and involuntary body functions
What is the brain?
Supports and protects
What is connective tissue?
The type of epithelial tissue that is cube-shaped and found in kidney tubules and glands — involved in secretion and absorption
What is cuboidal epithelium?
This dense connective tissue connects bone to bone and is commonly injured in ankle sprains
What is a ligament?
The muscle type that IS under voluntary control
What is skeletal muscle?
Unlike skin that heals after a cut, nervous tissue cannot do this — which is why brain and spinal cord damage is often permanent
What is regenerate (repair itself)?
Transmits nerve impulses
What is nervous tissue?
The type of epithelial tissue that is tall and column-shaped, found lining the stomach and intestines, specialized for secretion and nutrient absorption
What is columnar epithelium?
This connective tissue stores energy, insulates the body, and cushions organs
What is adipose tissue (fat)?
The two muscle types that are involuntary (not under conscious control)
What are cardiac and smooth muscle?
The two major divisions of the nervous system that nervous tissue forms and connects
What are the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
Covers surfaces and lines cavities
What is epithelial tissue?
The word that describes epithelial tissue made of MULTIPLE layers, designed to withstand wear and tear — this type makes up the outer layer of skin
What is stratified (stratified squamous epithelium)?
This part of the nervous system is made entirely of nervous tissue and serves as the body's main highway for signals traveling between the brain and the rest of the body
What is the spinal cord?
The ONLY tissue type in the body that does not have its own blood supply and must receive nutrients by diffusion
What is cartilage (avascular connective tissue)?
This special type of epithelial tissue is found in the urinary bladder and can stretch to accommodate filling — its cells change shape when stretched
What is transitional epithelium?
The tissue type that lines the inside of your mouth, stomach, and intestines
What is epithelial tissue?
This characteristic of epithelial tissue explains why skin heals after a cut and why the stomach lining replaces itself every few days
What is rapid regeneration (high mitotic rate)?