1. Stratified
1.1. Squamous
1.1.1. looks like: many layers, cells flattened
1.1.2. found in: skin, mouth, esophagus, vagina
1.1.3. functions: protects against abrasion, drying out, infection
1.2. Cuboidal
1.2.1. looks like: two or more layers of cube-shaped cells
1.2.2. found in: lines ducts of sweat glands
1.2.3. functions: secretes water and ions
1.3. Columnar
1.3.1. looks like: two or more layers of elongated cells
1.3.2. found in: lines epididymis, mammary glands, larynx
1.3.3. functions: secretes mucus
1.4. Transitional
1.4.1. looks like: many layers; when not stretched - cells are large and rounded; when stretched - cells are flatter
1.4.2. found in: bladder, ureters, urethra
1.4.3. functions: protects from organs from damaging effects of urine, stretches and enlarges organs when needed
2. Epithelial
3. Nervous
3.1. looks like: cell body with dendrites coming off like tree branches, axon stick growing downward from cell body
3.2. location: brain, spinal cord, nervous system
3.3. function: signals from internal/external environment are received by neurons and then transmitted as electrical impulses to muscles, glands, etc.
4. Muscle
4.1. Cardiac
4.1.1. looks like: striated and branched, disorganized
4.1.2. location: heart
4.1.3. control: involuntary
4.2. Skeletal
4.2.1. looks like: striated, organized
4.2.2. location: attached to skeleton
4.2.3. control: voluntary
4.3. Smooth
4.3.1. looks like: spindle-shaped, elongated cells
4.3.2. location: wall of hollow organs (intestines, bladder, uterus)
4.3.3. control: involuntary
5. Simple
5.1. Squamous
5.1.1. looks like: one layer of flattened cells
5.1.2. found in: lines air sacs, blood vessels, heart
5.1.3. functions: exchange of wastes, nutrients, and gases
5.2. Cuboidal
5.2.1. looks like: one layer of cube-shaped cells
5.2.2. found in: lines kidney tubules and ducts, ovaries
5.2.3. functions: secretes and absorbs water and small molecules
5.3. Columnar
5.3.1. looks like: one layer of elongated cells
5.3.2. found in: lines digestive organs
5.3.3. functions: absorbs nutrients, produces mucus
5.4. Pseudostratified columnar
5.4.1. looks like: single layer, nuclei are even which gives layered appearance, can have goblet cells, have cilia about it
5.4.2. found in: lines air passages, tubes of reproductive system
5.4.3. functions: protection, secretion, movement of mucus and sex cells
6. Connective
6.1. Hyaline Cartilage
6.1.1. looks like: just a bunch of chondrocytes (look like oval cells) with space inbetween
6.1.2. location: covers ends of joints and nose, respiratory passages
6.1.3. function: provides smooth surfaces for tissues to slide over each other
6.2. Bone
6.2.1. looks like: central canals with rings around them
6.2.2. location: bones of skeleton
6.2.3. function: support, protection, mineral storage
6.3. Blood
6.3.1. looks like: many round disks (rbc), splotchy circles (wbc), fragments (platelets)
6.3.2. location: in blood vessels
6.3.3. function: supplies cells with nutrients and oxygen, takes away wastes, fights infection
6.4. Adipose
6.4.1. looks like: packed together, see-through
6.4.2. location: beneath the skin, around internal organs, in bone marrow
6.4.3. function: store energy, cushion and insulate the body
6.5. Areolar (loose connective)
6.5.1. looks like: chaotic, space between components, many collagen and elastic fibers
6.5.2. location: between muscles, beneath the skin, beneath most epithelial layers
6.5.3. function: binds organs together
6.6. Reticular (dense irregular)
6.6.1. looks like: chaotic swirl of collagen fibers
6.6.2. location: dermis of skin, joint capsules
6.6.3. function: able to withstand tension exerted in many directions, structural strength
6.7. Fibrous (dense regular)
6.7.1. looks like: closely packed collagen fibers, waves
6.7.2. location: in dermis of skin, tendons, ligaments
6.7.3. function: support, tendons connect muscle to bone, ligaments connect bone to bone
6.8. Elastic Cartilage
6.8.1. looks like: a bunch of chondrocytes more closely packed together, elastic fibers inbetween
6.8.2. location: external ear, larynx
6.8.3. function: flexibility for repeated bending
6.9. Fibrocartilage
6.9.1. looks like: bunch of chondrocytes, collagen fibers in between
6.9.2. location: between vertebrae, pubic symphysis, annulus fibrosis
6.9.3. function: tough, shock-absorbing