Human Tissues

Tissue differentiation
 Tissue Types

• Muscle
• Epithelial
• Connective
• Nervous
 Muscle Tissue
3 types of muscle tissue

• Cardiac –heart

• Skeletal – attached to bones

• Smooth – internal organs and blood vessels

Cardiac Muscle
Skeletal Muscle
Smooth Muscle
 Epithelial Tissue
3 types of epithelial tissue
• Squamous
• Cuboidal
• Columnar

Descriptive layers
Simple – one layer
Stratified – more than one layer
Epithelial Cell Shapes
Simple Squamous Epithelia
Simple Cuboidal Epithelia
Simple Columnar Epithelia
Stratified Squamous
Epithelia
Pseudostratified ciliated
columnar epithelia
 Connective Tissue
6 Types
• Loose connective tissue
• Dense connective tissue
• Adipose
• Blood
• Cartilage
• Bone
Loose Connective Tissue
Areolar C.T.
Dense Connective Tissue
Fibrous C.T.
Adipose Tissue
Blood
Blood smear
Cartilage
 Cartilage types
• Hyaline
• Elastic
• Fibrocartilage
Hyaline
Elastic
Fibrous
Bone
Nerve Tissue