Body tissues

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 4.1 Nervous tissue: Internal communication Brain, spinal cord, and nerves Muscle tissue: Contracts to cause movement Muscles attached to bones (skeletal) Muscles of heart (cardiac) Muscles of walls of hollow organs (smooth) Epithelial tissue: Forms boundaries between different environments, protects, secretes, absorbs, filters Skin surface (epidermis) Lining of GI tract organs and other hollow organs Connective tissue: Supports, protects, binds…

Four types of tissue: -Connective -Epithelial -Muscle -Nerve Four Types of Tissues Vertebrates are composed of 4 types of tissues, nervous, connective, epithelial and muscular, each of which has a number of unique cell types. Vertebrates - Referring to an animal with a backbone composed of vertebrae.

Covers the levels of organization of the human body.

Comparing Tissues - Epithelium, Muscle, Connective Tissue and Nervous Tissue

Epithelial tissues are widespread throughout the body. They form the covering of all body surfaces, line body cavities and hollow organs, and are the major tissue in glands.

Connective Tissue. The illustration shows the dense, adipose, areolar, compact bone, and blood tissues. Illustration by E Gregory

© 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. Connective Tissue Found everywhere in the body Includes the most abundant and widely distributed tissues Functions: Provides protection Binds body tissues together Supports the body © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.

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