tissue types

• what are the four types of tissue

  connective, nervous, epithelial and muscle
• what is epithelial tissue?

  covers and lines the body and its organs and organ systems
• what is connective tissue?

  supports and has a structural role in the body, also includes blood
• what is muscle tissue?

  contracts to provide movement and aids digestion and circulation
• what is nervous tissue?

  conducts electrical impulses through the body (transfer information)
• what are the functions of connective tissue?

  to provide structural support, protect, transport substances and insulate
• what are the functions of epithelial tissue?

  protect, secrete and absorb
• what the four types of simple epithelial tissue?

  simple cuboidal, simple squamous, simple columnar and ciliated
• what are the three main muscle tissues?

  striated, non-striated and cardiac
• state two types of muscle tissue

  striated and cardiac
• explain the function of two kinds of connective tissue other than blood

  adipose - insulation/protection and areolar - connects organs and tissues