4 major tissue types

The function of this tissue type is protection, secretion, absorption and excretion; found throughout the body and covers organs, always has a free surface

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

• nervous

The function of this tissue type is to bind, support, fill spaces, store fat and produce blood cells; located widely throughout the body and has good blood supply with a matrix between cells

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

• nervous

The function of this tissue type is movement; it is attached to bone, in the walls of hollow organs and the heart; it is contractile

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

• nervous

The function of this tissue type it to transmit impulses for coordination, regulation, integration and sensory reception; located in the brain, spinal cord and nerves; cells connect to each other and other body parts.

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

• nervous

What type of cell is this?

• muscle

• connective

• epithelial

• nerve