Relier Pairs TissuesVersion en ligne Four types of tissues par Deshia Clemons 1 Mature Connective Tissue 2 Epithelium 3 Loose Connective Tissue 4 Embryonic Connective Tissue 5 Astrocytes 6 Skeletal muscle 7 Smooth Muscle 8 Muscle Tissue 9 Nervous Tissue 10 Cardiac Muscle 11 Dense Connective Tissue Provides support, nourishment, and protection to many neurons that constitute the nervous system Consists of many thick, tightly packed fibers with very few supporting cells Can be found in Blood vessel walls. Iris of the eye. Airways to the lungs. Walls of the stomach, intestines, gallbladder, urinary bladder, and female uterus. These muscles attached to bones to perform voluntary movement and maintenance of posture Consists of loosely arranged fibers that form a network between cells and contain; areolar, adipose, and reticular connective tissue Contain cardiomyocytes. In cross-section, they tend to be less circular than skeletal muscle fibers. Cells are branched and tightly joined to each other by specialized junctions known as intercalated discs. present in the newborn through its development into adulthood and beyond Avascular with no blood vessels entering between cells Classified as either voluntary or involuntary Majority of these tissues are found in the brain and spinal cord present in the embryo through its development into a fetus