Human Body Tissues - Locations and Functions
Smooth muscle
Function: Involuntary movement of internal organs Location: Walls of hollow internal organs (ie. digestive tract)
Nervous Tissue
Function: Sensory reception and conduction of electrical impulses Location: brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
simple columnar epithelium
Function: absorption, secretion protection Location: uterus, stomach, and intestines
transitional epithelium
Function: distensibility and protection Location: urinary bladder and urethra
Areolar Tissue
Function: binds organs Location: between muscles, below skin, beneath epithelial tissue
Dense Connective Tissue
Function: binds organs Location: tendons (connects muscles to bones) and ligaments (connects bones)
simple squamous epithelium
Function: filtration, diffusion and osmosis Location: air sacs of lungs, walls of capillaries, linings of blood and lymph vessels.
Cardiac Muscle
Function: heart movement (involuntary) Location: heart
stratified cuboidal epithelium
Function: protection Location: linings of larger ducts of mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, and pancreas.
stratified squamous epithelium
Function: protection Location: outer layer of skin; linings of oral cavity; throat, vagina, and anal cavity
Adipose Tissue
Function: protects, cushion and insulate the body Location: beneath skin, within muscle, around kidneys and heart, some joints and behind eyeballs
Cartilage
Function: provides frameworks, support and attachments, protects underlying tissues and forms models for developing bones Location: ears, nose, ends of bones, pads between vertebrae
simple cuboidal epithelium
Function: secretion and absorption Location: surface of ovaries, linings of kidney tubules, and linings of ducts of certain glands
Bone
Function: structural support for body, protects internal organs Location: skeleton
stratified columnar epithelium
Function: protection, secretion Location: part of the male urethra and parts of the pharynx
pseudostratified columnar epithelium
Function: protection, secretion, movement of mucus Location: linings of respiratory passages
Blood
Function: transport substances, helps maintain stable internal environment Location: throughout body within a closed system of blood vessels and heart chambers
Skeletal Muscle
Function: voluntary movements of skeletal parts Location: Muscles usually attached to bones