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SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM LOCATION: HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, LYMPHATIC VESSEL LININGS
FUNCTION: FILTRATION AND DIFFUSION


SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

LOCATION:
COVERS SURFACE OF OVARY, LINES ANTERIOR SURFACE OF EYE.
FUNCTION: SECRETION, ABSORBTION






CILIATED SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM
LOCATION: LINES SOME BRONCHIOLES OF RESPIRATORY TRACT, UTERINE TUBES, UTERUS
FUNCTION: CILIA BEAT IN UNISOME MOVING MUCUS AND FOREIGN PARTICLES TOWARD THROAT.
NON CILIATED: SECRETION AND ABSORBTION



STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM
LOCATION: LINING OF MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, PART OF EPIGLOTTIS, AND PART OF PHARYNX THAT COVERS TONGUE.
FUNCTION: PROVIDES PROTECTION FROM MECHANICAL FRICTION FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES. ALSO PROTECTS FROM CHEMICALS IN EPITHELIA LINING.


TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM
LOCATION: LINES URINARY BLADDER AND PORTIONS OF URETERS AND URETHRA
FUNCTION: ALLOWS URINARY ORGANS TO STRETCH AND MAINTAIN PROTECTIVE LINING



PSEUDOSTRATIFIED CILIATED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM LOCATION: CILIATED VARIETY LINES AIRWAYS OF RESPIRATORY TRACT
FUNCTION: PROTECTS STRUCTURES AND SECRETES MUCUS BY GOBLET CELLS, AND MOVE MUCUS BY CILIA.


AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

LOCATION:

PAPILLARY REGION OF DERMIS OF SKIN. LAMINA PROPIA OF MUCUS MEMBRANE
FUNCTION: STRENGTH, ELASTICITY SUPPORT






HYALINE CARTILAGE
LOCATION:
FOUND AT END OF BONES. ANTERIOR END OF RIBS, NOSE, PARTS OF LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI
FUNCTION: PROVIDEDS SMOOTH SURFACES FOR MOVEMNET OF JOINTS FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORT OF WEAKEST CARTILAGE


ADIPOSE TISSUE
LOCATION:
AROUND HEART, KIDNEYS, YELLOW BONE MARROW, PADDING AROUND JOINTS AND BEHIND EYEBALL SOCKET
FUNCTION: REDUCES HEAT LOSS THROUGH SKIN, SERVES AS ENERGY RESERVE


DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
LOCATION:
FORMS TENDONS (ATTACHES TENDONS TO BONES) APONEUROSES SHEETLIKE TENDONS THAT ATTACH MUSCLE TO MUSCLE AND MUSCLE TO BONE
FUNCTION: PROVIDES STRONG ATTACHMENT BETWEEN VARIOUS STRUCTURES.


RETICULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
LOCATION:
LIVER, SPLEEN, LYMPH NODES, RED BONE MARROW
FUNCTION: BINDS SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE CELLS, FILTERS AND REMOVES WORN OUT BLOOD CELLS IN SPLEEN AND MICROBES IN LYMPH NODES.

FIBROCARTILAGE
LOCACTION
: PUBIC SYMPHYSIS, INVERTABRAL DISCS
FUNCTION:STRONGEST TYPE OF CARTILAGE. SUPPORT AND JOINS STRUCTURES TOGETHER

BLOOD
LOCATION:
WITHIN BLOOD VESSELS AND CHAMBERS OF HEART
FUNCTION: RED TRANSPORTS O2 AND SOME CO2, wHITE CARRY PHAGOCYTOSIS AND MEDIATE ALLERGIC REACTION AND IMMUNE SYSTEM, PLATELETS ARE FOR CLOTTING

COMPACT BONE
LOCATION:
BONES IN THE BODY
FUNCTION: SUPPORT, PROTECT, STORAGE OF BLOODING FORMING TISSUE, SERVES AS LEVERS


SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE
LOCATION:
ATTACHED TO BONES BY TENDONS
FUNCTION: MOTION, POSTURE, HEAT PRODUCTION, PROTECTION

CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE
LOCATION:
HEART WALL
FUNCTION: PUMPS BLOOD TO ALL PARTS OF THE BODY


SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE
LOCATION:
IRIS OF EYES, AIRWAYS TO LUNGS, STOMACH, INTESTINES GALL BLADDER, URINARY BLADDER
FUNCTION: CONSTRICTION OF BLOOD VESSELS AND AIRWAYS, PROPULSION OF FOOD THROUGH GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT


NERVOUS TISSUE
LOCATION:
NERVOUS SYSTEM
FUNCTION: EXHIBITS SENSITIVITY TO VARIOUS TYPE OF STIMULI. CONVERTS STIMULI INTO NERVE IMPULSES