Connective tissue Major types of connective tissue: Areolar Adipose Fibrous connective Bone Cartilage Blood Hemopoietic

Areolar tissue most widely distributed, gives form to organs, consists of webs of fibers

Blood tissue matrix is liquid, used in transport, protection

Blood smear

Bone matrix is hard and calcified, circular arrangement of cells called osteons, storage for calcium, provides support and protection

Dense fibrous tissue consists of bundles of strong collagen fibers, composes tendons, anchors muscles to bones

Cartilage tissues matrix is consistency of firm plastic, cells called chondrocytes

Adipose tissue fat tissue, store lipids

Hemopoietic Tissue found in red marrow cavities of bones, spleen, tonsils and lymph nodes involved in formation of blood cells

Muscle tissue 3 kinds: skeletal, cardiac and smooth

Skeletal muscle tissue “Striated”, voluntary, attaches to bone

Cardiac Muscle tissue Involuntary, intercalated disks, walls of heart

Smooth muscle (Visceral) involuntary, walls of blood vessels and hollow organs

Nervous tissue - communication Composed of cell body, axon and dendrites

Nervous tissue