types of tissues
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Connective tissue - | binds and supports other tissue, not as tightly packed |
| Loose connective tissue - | binds epithelial to underlying tissues, made of all 3 fiber types also have fibroblast and macrophage cells |
| Adipose tissue - | stores fat, padding, insulation, fuel |
| Fibrous connective tissue - | dense, tendons and ligaments |
| Cartilage - | strong, somewhat flexible, collagenous fibers in a matrix of chondroitin sulfate |
| Bone - | mineralized connective tissue, made from osteoblast cells |
| Blood - | has ECM of plasma and RBC and WBC |
| Nervous tissue - | senses stimuli and transmits signals, made of neurons |
| Muscle tissue - | made of muscle fibers, actin and myosin proteins, smooth, skeletal, and cardiac types |
| smooth muscle tissue | involuntary movement, walls of internal organs, spindle shaped, contract slower and longer, moves food down digestive tract |
| Loose (skeletal) muscle tissue | voluntary movement, striated, myofibrils |
| Cardiac muscle | forms contractile wall of the heart |
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