HUMAN TISSUES

EPITHELIAL TISSUE

•Protects the body from moisture loss, bacteria, and internal injury.

EPITHELIAL TISSUE•Covers internal and external body surfaces, cavities and tubes.

COVER

CAVITY

SURFACE

TUBE

CONNECTIVE TISSUES•Connect the different parts of the body together.

•Provides structure and support to the body.

• It can stretch and squeeze easily.

•Ligaments

•Tendons

•Cartilage

•Bones

MUSCLE TISSUEProduces action or movement in your internal organs.

•Skeletal muscle is attached to bones and causes movements of the body.

•Cardiac muscle is found in the heart.

•Smooth muscle lines the walls of blood vessels and certain organs such as the digestive and urogenital tracts.

NERVOUS TISSUES•Forms the nervous system

•Brain

•Spinal cord

•Nerves

•Neurons are the basic units.