The Four Tissue Types (Histology)

Nervous tissue is found in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves and is responsible for communication.

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Groups of cells that are similar in structure and perform a common or related function.

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ System

• Biomolecule

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This tissue forms boundaries between different environments, protects, secretes, absorbs, and filters.

• nervous

• epithelial

• muscle

• connective

The function of this tissue type is internal communication.

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

• nervous

This tissue type contracts to cause movement.

• epithelial

• connective

• nervous

• muscle

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This tissue type supports, protects, binds other tissues together.

• nervous

• muscle

• epithelial

• connective

This tissue type is found in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

• nervous

• muscle

• epithelial

• connective

This tissue type is found in linings of digestive tract organs, skin surface, and other hollow organs.

• nervous

• muscle

• epithelial

• connective

This type of tissue include skeletal, cardiac, and smooth.

• nervous

• muscle

• epithelial

• connective

Blood is an example of what type of tissue?

• muscle

• epithelial

• nervous

• connective

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