Tissue Types Crossword

covers outside of the body and lines organs and cavities
lines blood vessels and the air sacks of the lungs where it has to diffuse nutrients
inside kidney tubes and many glands; main job is secretion
often found where secretion or active absorption is important
serves as the outer protective covering of the plant
protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in older regions of stems and roots
conducts water and dissolved minerals upwards from roots into the shoots
transports sugars from where they are made to where they are needed
facilitates the transport of materials through the plant and to provide mechanical support
holds many tissues and organs together and in place; sparse population of cells scattered in an extra cellular matrix
provide strength and flexibility
flexible and "stretchy" fibers that add elasticity to tissue
join connective tissue to adjacent tissues
mineralized connective tissue
connective tissue made of plasma, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets; carry oxygen, white cells function in defense
tissue responsible for nearly all types of body movements
muscles that contract and relax like giant elastic bands to allow skeletal movement; marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
responsible for voluntary movements; striated
involuntary muscle found only in the heart; striated
involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body; lacks striations
found in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves; responsible for coordinating and controlling many body activities
the nerve cells that transfer information within the body
tissues that are neither dermal nor vascular
group of neurons that interpret nerve impulses
Multiples tiers of cells; found on surfaces subject to abrasion; new cells formed by division near the basal surface and pus outwards to replace cells that are destroyed