Simple Squamous Epithelium
- Diffusion and filtration
Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
- secretion and absorption
Simple Columnar Epithelium
- Secretion of mucous/absorption
Stratified squamous epithelium
- protects from abrasion
Transitional epithelium
- stretches
Pseudostratified ciliated Columnar epithelium
- protects and moves mucous
Skeletal Muscle
- voluntary movement
Cardiac Muscle
- pumps blood
Smooth muscle
- involuntary movement is substances
Blood
- transports gases and nutrients
Bone
- supports, protects, allows movement by muscle
Fibrocartilage
- shock absorber
Dense regular
- connects muscle to bone
Areolar
- wraps and cushions organs
Adipose
- energy storage, insulation, and protection
Elastic
- recoils if stretched
Nervous tissue
- transmit electrical signals
Protein synthesis
Ribosome
- steroid and lipid synthesis
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Packaging proteins
Golgi Apparatus
Digestive enzymes
Lysosomes
Detoxify
Peroxisomes
- “power house of the cell”
Mitochondria
Direct the formation of the mitotic spindle
Centrioles