Exploration of Tissues
In the spaces below write all that you can find about each of the four main tissue types. Include their roles in the body, some
locations where they are found, how they look, etc.
A. Four Tissue Types
1. Epithelial Tissues
2. Connective Tissue
3. Muscle Tissue
4. Nervous Tissue
In the spaces bellow fill in the table as best as you can. We will be discussing each of these in class and will be used in addition
to your notes.
Epithelial Tissue. Fill in the table with the appropriate information.
Tissue Type
Simple Squamous
Simple Cuboidal
Simple Columnar
Locations in the Body
Functions
Unique Features
Connective Tissue: Fill in the table with the appropriate information.
Tissue Type
Locations in the Body
Functions
Unique Features
Fibrocartilage
Elastic Cartilage
Dense Fibrous
Adipose
Muscle Tissue: Fill the table with the appropriate information.
Muscle Type
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth
No. of Nuclei/Cell
Voluntary?
Striations?
Locations
Identify the following tissues as one of the four major tissue types.