Animal Tissues - Function

• Simple Squamous ET


  Diffusion, filtration, protection against friction, secretion, and absorption
• Simple Cuboidal ET


  Active transport and facilitated diffusion; secretion by cells of glands and choroid plexus; movement of particles
• Simple Columnar ET


  Secretion by cells of the stomach, intestines, and glands; absorption by cells of the intestine; movement of cilia clears mucus
• Pseudostratified Columnar ET


  Synthesis and secretion of mucus onto the free surface
• Stratified Squamous ET


  Protection against abrasion, barrier against infection, and prevent loss of water.
• Transitional ET


  Accomodates fluctuations in the vol of fluid; protection against caustic effect of urine.
• Loose/Areolar CT


  Loose packing and support for structures with which is associated
• Adipose CT


  Packing material, thermal insulator, energy storage, and protection of organs against injury.
• Dense Collagenous CT


  Able to withstand great pulling forces and resists stretch
• Dense Elastic CT


  Able to stretch or recoil like a rubber band
• Hyaline Cartilage CT


  provide support to the structures in which it is found, with some flexibility, and it forms smooth surfaces into the joints.
• Fibrocartilage CT


  Somewhat flexible and capable of withstanding considerable pressure. Connects structure subjected to great pressure
• Elastic Cartilage CT


  Provides rigidity, but with more flexibility than hyaline cartilage; return to their original shape after being stretched
• Bone


  Provides great strength and support; protects internal organs such as brain; provides attachment sites for muscles and ligaments
• Blood


  blood transports, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, nutrients, waste products, and other substances; protects the body from infection.
• Skeletal Muscle Tissue


  Movement of the body; under voluntary control
• Cardiac Muscle Tissue


  Pumps the blood; under involuntary control
• Smooth Muscle Tissue


  regulates the size of organs; forces fluid through tubes; controls the amount of light entering the eye; produces "goose flesh"; involuntary control
• Nervous Tissue


  transmits information in the form of changes in electric charge