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smooth muscle

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Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body

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simple columnar epithelium

Front

Function: Absorption; secretion of mucus, enzymes, and other substances; ciliated type propels mucus (or reproductive cells) by ciliated action. Location: lines most of the digestive tract lines small bronchi, uterine tubes, and some regions of the uterus.

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cardiac muscle

Front

Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart.

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simple squamous epithelium

Front

alveoli of lungs, diffusion and secretion

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simple cuboidal epithelium

Front

Function: secretion and absorption Location: Kidney tubules; ducts and secretory portions of small glands, ovary surface.

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adipose connective tissue

Front

acts as a storage depot for fat

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dense regular connective tissue

Front

Function: attaches muscles to bones or to muscles; attaches bones to bones; withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction Location: tendons, most ligaments, aponeuroses

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hyaline cartilage

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Most common type of cartilage; it is found on the ends of long bones, ribs, and nose

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osseous tissue

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bone tissue

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areolar connective tissue

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Function: wraps and cushions organs Location: widely distributed under epithelia of body

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Meissner's corpuscles

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sensitive touch receptors in the dermis

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nervous tissue

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A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of the body.

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blood

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Connective tissue made of plasma, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.

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skeletal muscle

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A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones.

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elastic cartilage

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cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more flexible than hyaline cartilage

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