Tissues - location and functions
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- Simple squamous
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Function: diffusion/filtration
Location: blood vessels - Simple cuboidal
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Function: secretion/absorption
Location: kidney tubules - Simple columnar
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Function: Absorbtion/secretion
Location: lines the digestive tract from stomach to anus - Psuedostratified columnar
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Function: secretion
Location: trachea/UR tract - Stratified squamous
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Function: protection
Location: skin - Stratified cuboidal
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Function: protection
Location: salivary glands - Stratified columnar
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Function: protection/secretion
Location: male urethra (rare) - Transitional
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Function: allows distention
Location: bladder - Mesenchyme
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Function: gives rise to all connective tissues
Location: embryo - Areolar
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Function: cushions organs
Location: lamina propria of mucous membranes - Adipose
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Function: insulation
Location: hypodermis - Reticular
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Function: forms a delicate network of fibers to support other cell types
Location: spleen - Dense regular
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Function: attaches muscles to bone or muscles
Location: tendons - Dense irregular
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Function: structural strength
Location: dermis - Hyaline
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Function: cushion
Location: nose - Elastic
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Function: structural shape
Location: pinna (ear) - Fibrocartilage
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Function: shock absorption
Location: intervertebral discs - Osseous
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Function: supports/protects
Location: bone - Blood
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Function: transport oxygen
Location: blood vessels - Skeletal muscle
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Function: locomotion
Location: muscles attached to bone - Cardiac muscle
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Function: propels blood into circulation
Location: heart - Smooth muscle
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Function: propels substances
Location: uterus - Nervous
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Function: transmit electrical signals
Location: brain