Tissue Types and Features
by Shaoyun Yang
1. Epithelial Tissue
1.1. Squamous
1.1.1. Simple Squamous
1.1.2. Stratified Squamous
1.2. Cuboidal
1.3. Columnar
1.4. Layers
1.4.1. Simple
1.4.2. Stratified
1.5. Glandular epithelia
1.6. Transitional Epithelia
2. Connective Tissue
2.1. Connective Tissue Proper
2.1.1. Collagen
2.1.2. Loose Connective Tissue
2.1.3. Areolar Tissue
2.1.4. Adipose Tissue
2.1.5. Reticular Tissue
2.1.6. Dense Regular/Irregular Connective Tissue
2.2. Fluid Connective Tissue
2.2.1. Blood
2.2.2. Lymph
2.3. Supporting Connective Tissue
2.3.1. Hyaline Cartilage
2.3.2. Elastic Cartilage
2.3.3. Fibrocartilage
2.3.4. Bone
2.4. Cells
2.4.1. Fibroblasts
2.4.2. Fibrocytes
2.4.3. Adipocytes
2.4.4. Mesenchymal Cells
2.4.5. Melanocytes
2.4.6. Macrophages
2.4.7. Mast Cells
2.4.8. Lymphocytes
2.4.9. Microphages
2.5. Fibers
2.5.1. Collagen Fibers
2.5.2. Reticular Fibers
2.5.3. Elastic Fibers
3. Nervous Tissue
3.1. Neurons
3.2. Neuroglia
4. Muscle Tissue
4.1. Skeletal
4.1.1. actin & myosin filaments
4.1.2. Multinucleated
4.1.3. Striated
4.2. Cardiac
4.2.1. 1-5 Nuclei
4.2.2. Striated
4.3. Smooth
4.3.1. Single nucleus
4.3.2. Nonstriated involuntary