Epithelial Tissue
This tissue covers body surfaces and lines cavities.
What is epithelial tissue?
This is the most abundant type of tissue in the body.
What is connective tissue?
Muscle cells are also known by this name.
What are fibers or myocytes?
This tissue type transmits impulses and responds to stimuli.
What is nervous tissue?
This is a group of cells with similar structure and function.
What is a tissue?
These specialized epithelial cells secrete mucus.
What are goblet cells?
This type of connective tissue forms the outer, dense layer of bone.
What is compact bone (cortical bone)?
These two proteins make up the contractile units in muscle fibers.
What are actin and myosin?
These are the main signaling cells of the nervous system.
What are neurons?
Tissues combine to form these larger structures.
What are organs?
This membrane lines body cavities that open to the outside.
What is a mucous membrane?
This connective tissue stores energy in the form of fat.
What is adipose tissue?
This type of muscle tissue is voluntary and striated.
What is skeletal muscle?
These supporting cells protect and nourish neurons.
What are glial cells or neuroglia?
This process explains how cells develop specialized functions.
What is cell differentiation?
These glands release their products through ducts to a surface.
What are exocrine glands?
Name the three types of fibers found in connective tissue.
What are collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers?
This muscle type is involuntary and found in the walls of organs.
What is smooth muscle?
These receptors detect light and allow vision.
What are photoreceptors?
This type of tissue connects, supports, and protects body structures.
What is connective tissue?
Name the type of epithelial membrane that surrounds the lungs or heart.
What is a serous membrane (pleural or pericardial)?
This tissue type provides lightweight support and is the site of blood cell formation.
What is spongy (cancellous) bone?
This muscle type has intercalated discs and contracts rhythmically.
What is cardiac muscle?
These two types of receptors detect pain and temperature.
What are nociceptors and thermoreceptors?
Name the four basic tissue types of the human body.
What are epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues?