Basics
These are the four main types of tissues in the body.
What are epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous?
This epithelial tissue type lines blood vessels and air sacs for diffusion.
What is simple squamous epithelium?
This “tissue glue” holds organs in place.
What is areolar tissue?
Muscle that moves your arms and legs.
What is skeletal muscle?
This membrane lines cavities that open to the outside of the body.
What is a mucous membrane?
Regeneration & fibrosis.
How do cells regenerate?
This type of epithelium stretches in the bladder.
What is transitional epithelium?
This connective tissue stores fat for energy and insulation.
What is adipose tissue?
Muscle that pumps your heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This serous membrane surrounds the lungs.
What is the pleura?
This means “without blood supply,” describing epithelial tissue.
What is avascular?
This type of epithelium layer is most often found in glands where it functions in the transport & secretion of substances.
What is simple cuboidal epithelium?
This connective tissue is found in lymph nodes and bone marrow.
What is reticular tissue?
Muscle that moves food through the stomach.
What is smooth muscle?
This connective tissue membrane lines joints and secretes fluid.
What is a synovial membrane?
These two types of glands are found in epithelial tissue.
What are endocrine and exocrine glands?
This epithelium lines the respiratory tract and helps sweep out mucus.
What is pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
This strong connective tissue connects bone to muscle.
What is a tendon?
Main cell that sends messages in the body.
What is a neuron?
This serous membrane surrounds the abdominal cavity.
What is the peritoneum?
This type of tissue is the most abundant in the body.
What is connective tissue?
This epithelial membrane is also known as skin.
What is the cutaneous membrane?
This connective tissue provides a shock absorber in the spine.
What is fibrocartilage?
Tiny branches that receive messages on a neuron.
What are dendrites?
These connective tissue membranes protect the brain and spinal cord.
What are the meninges?