Special Connective Tissues

Muscle Skeletal muscle (striated) Cardiac muscle (striated) –intercalated discs Smooth muscle

Skeletal Muscle

Cardiac muscle

Smooth muscle

Bone Compact bone Spongy (cancellous) bone

Compact Bone

Spongy Bone

Cartilage Hyaline cartilage –Most common type of cartilage –Found in articular joints Elastic cartilage –Found in the ear Fibrocartilage –Most resistant to physical stresses like compression. »ALL CARTILAGE IS AVASCULAR

Hyaline Cartilage

Elastic Cartilage

Fibrocartilage

Cardiovascular Tissues Blood –Neutrophil –Lymphocyte –Monocyte –Eosinophil –Basophil

Neutrophil (nucleus has several lobes)

Lymphocyte (nucleus is dark and takes up almost whole cell; almost no cytoplasm seen)

Monocyte (larger cell, horseshoe shaped nucleus)

Monocyte and Lymphocyte

Neutrophil, Lymphocyte. Monocyte

Eosinophil

Basophil

Cardiovasular Tissues Blood Vessels –Artery –Vein –Arteriole –Venuole –Capillary

ARTERY MEDIUM POWER

ARTERIOLE HIGH POWER

VEIN

VENUOLE

CAPILLARY HIGH POWER

Nervous Tissues Spinal cord –Neurons Eye –Retina –Chorcoid Coat –Sclera

Spinal Cord

Nervous Tissue: Spinal cord

Neuron

Eye Choroid Sclera Retina

Eye Sclera Choroid Retina