Unit 11 - M1 use diagrams or micrographs to compare and contrast the four tissue types

Unit 11 – Physiology of Human Body Systems

M1 – use diagrams or micrographs to compare and contrast the four tissue types
Tissue type Epithelial Connective Muscle Nerve
Cell structure Columnar Adipocytes Skeletal Neurons
Rectangular Loose Cylindrical  Axons
Cuboidal Oval Smooth o Long
Cube-like Fibroblasts Spindle shaped o Slender
Squamous Branched Cardiac  Synapses
Flat Irregular or Branched o Junctions
regular  Dendrite
Macrophages s
Parallel clusters o Tree-like
Mast cells Neuroglia
Oval  Oligoden
Irregular drocytes
Leucocytes o Structured
Always changing  Astrocyte
s
o Star-shaped

Cell Simple Loose or dense Long Bundled
arrangement Single cell layer Depends on the Bundled Long stems
Stratified arrangement of Sheets branched
More than one fibres
cell layer
Pseudostratified
Looks like more
than one cell
layer but it isn’t
Location Outside the Tendons and Skeletal Organs of central
body ligaments Attaches to nervous system
Lines organs and Fibrous bones Peripheral nerves
cavities membrane Smooth
coverings Walls of hollow
organs
Cardiac
The heart
Surface feature Cilia
Villi
Basal and apical
surface
Matrix Little amount of A lot of matrix –
thin matrix – collagen, elastin,
basal lamina reticular, ground
substance fibres
Function Protection Supporting Produce Collecting
Transfer Transporting motion information
materials substances Mobility Transmit signals
Circulation