Human Tissues

Tissue differentiation

Tissue Types

• Muscle• Epithelial• Connective• Nervous

Muscle Tissue

3 types of muscle tissue

• Cardiac –heart

• Skeletal – attached to bones

• Smooth – internal organs and blood vessels

Cardiac Muscle

Skeletal Muscle

Smooth Muscle

Epithelial Tissue

3 types of epithelial tissue• Squamous• Cuboidal• Columnar

Descriptive layersSimple – one layerStratified – more than one layer

Epithelial Cell Shapes

Simple Squamous Epithelia

Simple Cuboidal Epithelia

Simple Columnar Epithelia

Stratified Squamous Epithelia

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelia

Connective Tissue

6 Types• Loose connective tissue• Dense connective tissue• Adipose• Blood• Cartilage• Bone

Loose Connective Tissue

Areolar C.T.

Dense Connective Tissue

Fibrous C.T.

Adipose Tissue

Blood

Blood smear

Cartilage

Cartilage types

• Hyaline• Elastic• Fibrocartilage

Hyaline

Elastic

Fibrous

Bone

Nerve Tissue