Page 32 - Chapter 3: Cells and Tissues

Dense Tendons, ligaments, fascia
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Cartilage Hyaline, elastic,
fibrocartilage . It is
avascular, heals very slowly

Bone Skeletal system (hard
matrix) Red blood cells are
produced in this tissue

Blood and lymph Watery matrix (plasma)

Nervous tissue

Neurons Parts, cell bodies, axons and
dendrites

Protect the neurons
Neuroglia

Muscle tissue Skeletal muscle Attached to bone,
striated and voluntary,
produces heat.

Smooth muscle Walls of visceras
Allows for “peristalsis”

Cardiac muscle

Heart, is striated and
involuntary

Benign tumor of the muscle