Animal Tissue

Major Animal Tissues

• Epithelial Tissue
• Connective Tissue
• Muscular Tissue
• Nervous Tissue
 Epithelial Tissue
• Function: lines internal organs
and covers the body
• Outer part is exposed to air or
internal fluid; other side is
composed of basement
membrane
• Cells are tightly packed
• Function?
 Epithelial Tissue
• Types
– According to shape
• Squamous
• Cuboidal
• Columnar
– According to arrangement of cell
• Simple
• Stratified
• Pseudostratified
 Connective Tissue
• Blood
• Bones
• Cartilage
• Loose and Dense Connective Tissue
 Connective Tissue
• Function: Binding and support
• Cells are embedded in an extracellular matrix
• Cells secrete the matrix
• Matrix: jelly-like or solid
 Muscular Tissue
• Function: for movement/contraction; heat
• Three types:
– Skeletal
– Smooth
– Cardiac
 Nervous Tissue
• Senses stimuli and
transmits signals called
nerve impulses from one
part of an animal to
another
• Consists of a cell body
and long extensions
called dendrites (towards
cell body) and axons
(towards another cell or
an effector
Tissue Type Epithelial Connective Muscle Nerve

Cell Shape Flattened, cuboidal, Irregular or round Elongated Cell appendages

columnar branched

Cell Arrangement Single ◊ multilayered Scattered in matrix In sheets or bundles Isolated or networked

Location Body covering or lining Supports other organs Lining internal organs, Concentrated in brain
organs or cavities make skeletal muscles and spinal cord + all
over the body

Surface Feature of Cilia, microvilli - - -

Cells

Matrix Type Basement membrane Varied – protein fibers + - -

liquid, gelatinous, firm
to calcified

Matrix Amount Minimal Extensive Absent Absent

Unique Feature No direct blood supply, Cartilage has no blood Can generate electrical Can generate electrical
except for glands supply signals, force and signal
movement