Types of Tissues

• What type of tissue BINDS, ANCHORS, and SUPPORTS various cells, tissues, and organs of the body?

  Connective tissue
• Connective tissue is composed predominantly of what?

  Extracellular matrix
• What type of tissue consists of elongated cells called fibers that have contractile properties?

  Muscle tissue
• Muscle tissue is responsible for what which causes movement of different organs, fluids and the entire human body?

  Muscle contraction
• What type of tissue is composed of interconnected neurons capable of propagating action potentials and supporting neuroglia?

  Nerve tissue
• Nerve tissue is responsible for transmission of what in the nervous system?

  Electrical impulses
• What type of tissue forms the outer and inner covering of organs, including the skin?

  Epithelial tissue