Types of Tissues

This type of tissue provides support for the body and connects all its parts.

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nerve

This tissue covers the surface of the body inside and out.

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nerve

This tissue allows the brain to communicate with the rest of the body through electrical impulses.

• Connective

• Epithelial

• Nerve

• Muscle

Tags

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This tissue is made of special cells that contract and expand causing movement in the body.

• Connective

• Epithelial

• Muscle

• Nerve

Tags

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Examples of this type of tissue are bone, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, blood, and fat.

• Connective

• Epithelial

• Nerve

• Muscle

Examples of this type of tissue are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.

• Muscle

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Nerve

Examples of this type of tissue are brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

• Connective

• Epithelial

• Nerve

• Muscle

Examples of this kind of tissue are skin, lining of the digestive tract, and lining of the inside of organs

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Nerve

• Muscle

This type of tissue cannot be replaced. Once it is damaged your body cannot make more.

• Nerve

• Muscle

• Epithelial

• Connective

This type of connective tissue connects muscle to bone.

• tendon

• ligament

• cartilage

• joint