areolar tissue
function: Binds skin to underlying organslocation: surrounds organs
adipose tissue
function: insulation and protectionlocation: beneath skin-provides stored energy supply in fat droplets in cytoplasm
Blood tissue
Location: within blood vesselsfunction: contains large amounts of fluid and transports nutrients, waste, and gases
Bone (compact)
Location: all over the bodyfunction: protection and strength-cells in solid matrix arranged around central canal-matrix contains collagen fibers and mineral salts
Dense Connective Tissue
location: tendons and ligaments function: strength and flexibility
elastic cartilage
Location: external ear, larynxFunction: resilience and flexibility
elastic connective tissue
Function: allows recoil of tissue following stretching; maintains pulsatile flow of blood through arteries; aids passive recoil of lungs following inspirationLocation: Occurs in some ligament attachments between vertebrae and larger artery walls
Fibrocartilage
location: intervertebral discs; pubic symphysis; discs of knee jointfunction: shock absorbers
hyaline cartilage
location: ribs, long bones, nosefunction: support and soft tissue-forms the end of many long bones
reticular connective tissue
location: liver, spleen, lymph nodesfunction: forms stroma of lymphatic organs
Cardiac muscle
=-contains intercalated discs-striated and involuntary-muscle that composes heart
Nervous Tissue
=-Coordinates, Regulates, and integrates body functions-contains neurons and neuroglia-conducts impulses along cellular processes
Skeletal muscle
=-striated and involuntary-muscle attached to bones-muscle under conscious Control
smooth muscle
=-muscle that lacks striation-moves food through the digestive tract -muscle of blood vessels and urinary bladder
Apocrine Sweat gland
become active at puberty in axillary and groin regions
arrector pili muscle
Causes hair to stand on end and goose bumps to appear
dermis
Inner layer of skin
epidermis
General name of entire superficial layer of the skin
Hair follicle
tubelike part that contains the root of the hair
keratin
Tough protein of nails and hair
melanin
skin pigment
merocrine sweat glands
responds to elevated body temperature
sebaceous glands
gland that secretes and oily mixture
sebum
Oily secretion that helps to waterproof body surface
stratum basale
Cell division and deepest layer of epidermis
stratum corneum
outermost layer of epidermis