Identify the Type of Tissue
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nataliefittsy on December 11, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allows for organ movements within the body | muscle |
| transmits electrochemical impulses | nervous |
| supports body organs | connective |
| cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances | epithelium |
| basis of the major controlling system of the body | nervous |
| the cells of this tissue shorten to exert force | muscle |
| forms hormones | epithelium |
| packages and protects body organs | muscle |
| characterized by having large amounts of nonliving matrix | connective |
| allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow | muscle |
| most widely distributed tissue type in the body | connective |
| forms the brain and spinal cord | nervous |
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