TISSUES

ADIPOSE

DRAWING

REAL TISSUE

ADIPOSE

• Tissue is commonly called fat.
• It insulates the body and protects it from extremes of both heat and cold.
• It also protects some organs individually.
• Adipose tissue forms beneath the skin.

BLOOD TISSUE

DRAWING

REAL TISSUE

BLOOD

• Blood cells surrounded by fluid matrix
• Carries carrying nutrients, waste, and respiratory gases
• Located throughout the body
• Also known as vascular tissue

SMOOTH

DRAWING

REAL TISSUE

SMOOTH TISSUE

• Spindle-shaped and single nucleus
• Contracts to allow things to move in a specific pathway
• Found in the walls of hollow organs: stomach, bladder, blood vessel

CARDIAC

DRAWING

REAL TISSUE

CARDIAC TISSUE

• Helps pump the blood through blood vessels
• Found only in the heart
• Relatively short branching cells that fit tight together