Histology

Front 1

Simple Squamous Epithelium
Function & Location

Back 1

function: diffusion, filtration, secretion
location: lungs

Front 2

Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Function & Location

Back 2

function: protection of underlying tissue
location: skin

Front 3

Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
Function & Location

Back 3

function: absorption and secretion
location: kidneys

Front 4

Transitional Epithelium
Function & Location

Back 4

function: distortion and relaxation to accommodate urine volume
location: bladder

Front 5

Simple Columnar Epithelium
Function & Location

Back 5

function: absorption and secretion
location: intestines

Front 6

Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium
Location & Function

Back 6

function: protection, ciliated form in secretion of mucus and movement
location: respiratory tract

Front 7

Areolar Connective Tissue
Location & Function

Back 7

function: binds and packs organs
location: surrounding nerve vessels, and package organs

Front 8

Adipose Connective Tissue
Location & Function

Back 8

function: protects, stores fat, insulates
location: subcutaneous layer, surrounding kidneys and other vital organs

Front 9

Dense Regular Connective Tissue
Location & Function

Back 9

function: provides great strength and flexibility usually in 1 direction
location: tendons and ligaments

Front 10

Dense Irregular Connective Tissue
Location & Function

Back 10

function: provides tensil strength
location: dermis

Front 11

Hyaline Cartalige (CT)
Function & Locations

Back 11

function: smooth surfaces for function of joints, model for bone growth, supports soft tissue
location: fetal skeleton, articular ends of long bones and costal cartilage

Front 12

Fibrocartilage (CT)
Function & Locations

Back 12

function: resists compression, absorbs shock in some joints
location: intervertebral disc, pubic symphysis, menisci of knee

Front 13

Elastic Cartilage (CT)
Functions & Locations

Back 13

function: allows stretching of organs
location: external ear, epiglottis, larynx

Front 14

Bone (CT)
Functions & Locations

Back 14

function: supports soft structures and protects vital organs
location: throughout the body

Front 15

Blood (CT)
Functions & Locations

Back 15

function: transports oxygen in RBC and helps the immune system with WBC
location: throughout the body in vessels

Front 16

Skeletal Muscle
Location & Function

Back 16

function: moves skeleton, responsible for voluntary body movements, locomotion, heat production
location: attaches to bones and sometimes to skin

Front 17

Smooth Muscle
Location & Function

Back 17

function: involuntary movement and motions (nonstriated)
location: walls of hallow organs, such as: airways, stomach, bladder and uterus

Front 18

Cardiac Muscle
Location & Function

Back 18

function: involuntary contraction and relaxation pump blood into the heart
location: heart wall

Front 19

Nervous Tissue:
Location & Function

Back 19

function: responsible for control: information processing, storage and retrieval; internal communication
location: brain, spinal cord, nerves