Tissue Vocabulary

A type of dense fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone.

• Tendons
• Ligaments

A type of connective tissue composed of plasma and formed elements (cells, fragments of cells).

• Bone

• Blood

• Lacunae

• Hormones

Many layers of protective tissue that cover a basement membrane.

• Simple epithelium

• Squamous epithelium

• Stratified epithelium

• Transitional epithelium

A membrane made up of skin.

• Cutaneous membrane
• Serous membrane

Specialized cells whose function is secretion, such as mucous.

• Schwann cells

• Goblet cells

• Neurons

A type of dense fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone.

• Tendon

• Ligament

• Aponeurosis

An unusual type of stratified tissue that changes shape.

• Glandular epithelium

• Squamous epithelium

• Transitional epithelium

• Cuboidal epithelium

The most widely distributed connective tissue variety, functions as “packing tissue”.

• Areolar tissue
• Adipose tissue

• Dense fibrous connective tissue

• Muscular tissue

A type of protective tissue composed of rectangular looking cells with nuclei near the basement membrane.

• Cuboidal epithelium

• Columnar epithelium

• Squamous epithelium

A type of exocrine gland where the cytoplasm is lost along with the secretion to break down the cell.

• Apocrine gland
• Endocrine system

• Hormone