Major Tissue Types

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A concept map of the major types of tissues.
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Major Tissue Types
  1. Muscular Tissue
    1. Skeletal Muscle (Location: Skeletal muscles. Cell type: Skeletal muscle fibers)
      1. Cardiac Muscle (Location: walls of the heart. Cell type: cardiac muscle cells)
        1. Smooth Muscle (Location: intestinal walls. Cell type: smooth muscle cells)
        2. Nervous Tissue (Location: the brain. Cell type: neurons)
          1. Epithelial Tissue
            1. Simple Squamous Epithelium (Location: Alveoli of lungs. Cell type: squamous epithelial cells)
              1. Simple Cuboidal Epithelium (Location: kidney tubules. Cell type: cuboidal epithelial cells)
                1. Simple Columnar Epithelium (Location: gallbladder. Cell type: columnar epithelial cells)
                  1. Ciliated Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium (Location: trachea. Cell type: columnar epithelial cells)
                    1. Non-ciliated Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium (Location: male urethra. Cell type: columnar epithelial cells)
                      1. Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium (Location: epidermis. Cell type: squamous epithelial cells)
                        1. Non-Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium (Location: esophagus. Cell type: squamous epithelial cells)
                          1. Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium (Location: sweat gland. Cell type: cuboidal epithelial cells)
                            1. Stratified Columnar Epithelium (Location: uterine gland. Cell type: columnar epithelial cells)
                              1. Transitional Epithelium (Location: urinary gland. Cell type: transitional epithelial cells)
                              2. Connective Tissue
                                1. Mesenchyme (Location: embryo. Cell type: mesenchymal cells)
                                  1. Areolar Tissue (Location: below the skin and surrounding organs. Cell type: fibroblasts)
                                    1. Adipose Tissue (Location: within abdomen. Cell type: adipocytes)
                                      1. Reticular Tissue (Location: bone marrow. Cell type fibroblasts)
                                        1. Dense Regular Tissue (Location: tendons. Cell type: fibroblasts)
                                          1. Dense Irregular Tissue (Location: dermis of the skin. Cell type: fibroblasts)
                                            1. Elastic Tissue (Location: walls of large arteries. Cell type: fibroblasts)
                                              1. Hyaline Cartilage (Location: nasal septum. Cell type: chondrocytes)
                                                1. Fibrocartilage (Location: intervertebral discs. Cell types: chondrocytes)
                                                  1. Elastic Cartilage (Location: external ear. Cell type: chondrocytes)
                                                    1. Blood (Location: within blood vessels. Cell type: erythrocytes)
                                                      1. Bone (Location: bones. Cell type:osteocytes)
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