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Tissue Types in the Body - Coggle Diagram
Tissue Types in the Body
Epithelium Tissue
Stratified Squamous
Location: Lining body cavities like the mouth, vagina, and outer layer of skin
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Stratified Cuboidal
Location: Lines sweat glands, found in the endocrine system
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Simple Cuboidal
Location: Lining of kidney tubules, and ducts of glands
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Stratified Columnar
Location: Male urethra, ducts of salivary glands, and cornea of the eye
Function: Protects and Secretes (waste materials, mucus in the eye)
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Simple Squamous
Location: Air sacs of lungs, walls of capillaries
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Simple Columnar
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Transitional Epithelium
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Function:Forms barriers to block diffusion, also stretches
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Muscle Tissue
Skeletal
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Function: Serves primary structural, mechanical, protective, and metabolic roles in the body
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Smooth
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Cardiac
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Connective Tissue
Dense Regular
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Dense Irregular
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Blood
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Function: Transports gasses, nutrients, waste, protects, and heals wounds
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Hyaline Cartilage
Location: Trachea, nose, covers bones where they meet to form joints
Function: Provides stiff, flexible support and reduces friction between bony surfaces
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Bone
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Function: Stores minerals, provides internal support, and protects vital organs
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Elastic Cartilage
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Areolar
Location: Beneath the skin around organs, blood vessels, and nerves.
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Fibrocartilage
Location: knee joints, jaw joints, and intervertebral discs
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Adipose
Location: Beneath skin, around kidneys, organs, and breasts.
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Nervous Tissue
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Function: Allows the propagation of electrochemical signals in the form of nerve impulses that communicate between different regions of the body.
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