CREATE YOUR OWN CONCEPT MAP ON BODY TISSUES
1. Start with your center concept - TISSUES OF THE BODY
2. Draw 4 arrows connecting to the four types of tissues found in the body.
3. From each tissue type, draw arrows (varies in number) to related types
4. For each you want to include linked concepts that describe the tissue type, indicate where it is
located, and any additional related terms
This image might help get you started. You will need to copy this onto your own paper (or back of this
page) and complete it.
Types of Tissues Found in the Body
MAJOR TISSUE
SPECIFIC TYPES OF TISSUE
WHERE ITS FOUND IN YOUR BODY
Lining of air sacs in the lungs
SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
Digestive tract (intestinal wall)
Air passages (trachea, etc)
Outer layer of skin
TRANSITIONAL
Binds skin to internal organs
Layer beneath the skin
FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Covers ends of bones at joints
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
ELASTIC CARTILAGE
FIBROCARTILAGE
Skeleton
Circulates throughout body
RETICULOENDOTHELIAL
Muscles connected to bones
Walls of many internal organs
Walls of the heart
NERVE TISSUE
NERVE TISSUE
Compare/contrast these 4 types of Tissue
Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
Function
Location
Epithelial Tissue
Type
Description
Simple squamous
epithelium
Single layer,
flattened cells
Simple cuboidal
epithelium
Simple columnar
epithelium
Linings of uterus,
stomach,
and intestines
Pseudostratified
columnar
epithelium
Stratified squamous
epithelium
Transitional
epithelium
Distensibility,
protection
Connective Tissue
Type
Description
Loose (fibrous)
connective
Function
Location
Binds organs
together,
holds tissue fluids
Adipose
connective
Reticular
connective
Dense (fibrous)
connective
Elastic
connective
Hyaline cartilage
connective
Cells in solid-gel
matrix
Elastic cartilage
connective
Fibrocartilage
connective
Bone
connective
Blood
connective
Throughout the body
within a closed
system
Muscle and Nervous Tissues
Type
Description
Skeletal muscle
Long, threadlike
cells,
striated with many
nuclei
Smooth muscle
Function
Location
Involuntary
movements of
internal organs
Cardiac muscle
Nervous
Brain, spinal cord,
and
peripheral nerves
Membranes
Type
Description
Function
Serous
membrane
Lines the thoracic
and abdomino-pelvic
cavities and the
organs within these
cavities
Mucous
membrane
Lines the cavities
and tubes that
open to the outside
of the body
Cutaneous
membrane
Synovial
membrane
Location
Composed entirely
of
connective tissue
From the textbook on page 119-120: Questions- 1-12,17,20,22,24,29,33,35
CONNECTIVE TISSUE MATRIX (pg. 105)
Coloring Key:
collagen fibers [A].
fibroblasts [B].
mast cells [C].
macrophages [D]
elastic fibers [E] (shade over the line)
blood vessel and blood cells [F].
fat cells [G].
Match the structure to the function (use letters)
1. ____ Store energy
2. ____ Production of fibers
3. ____ Consume debris and foreign objects
4. ____ Fiber that makes up tendons
5. ____ Prevention of blood clots