In this video, we're going to introduce our map of the lesson on tissues, which is down below right here. And so once again, this image represents our map of the lesson, essentially a table of contents that reflects how our lesson is built and what you can expect to see in our video lessons moving forward. And so because this image does represent our map of the lesson, you can pretty much use this image like a map to help continuously guide you through our lessons on tissues. And so, for example, we are currently in the topic introduction to tissues and histology, which is being represented in our map at the very top right here. And so, as we move forward in our course, we're going to be following this map from a top to bottom approach, but also from a left to right approach.
And so, after the introduction to tissues and histology, we'll then shift into tissue development for all 4 primary types of tissue. And then we'll talk about all 4 primary types of tissues in a lot more detail. Going from left to right here in order, starting with epithelial tissue, then connective tissue, then muscle tissue, and then finally ending with nervous tissue. And one thing that you should note is that in this particular chapter, we're going to be covering epithelial tissue and connective tissue in a lot more detail than we're going to cover muscle tissue and nervous tissue. And the reason for that is because muscle tissue and nervous tissue are going to have their own separate chapters with a lot more videos later in our course.
And so, this particular chapter, once again, is going to be mainly focused on epithelial and connective tissue. And so, with epithelial tissue, we'll talk about the functions of epithelial tissue and how it can be grouped into covering and lining epithelia and glandular epithelia. And then we'll talk about the structures of epithelial tissue, including the differences between simple and stratified epithelium. Then we'll go back up to glandular epithelial tissue, distinguishing between exocrine and endocrine glands, unicellular versus multicellular glands, and the different modes of secretion here, merocrine, holocrine, and apocrine. And then after epithelial tissue, we'll talk about connective tissue, distinguishing connective tissue proper from specialized connective tissue.
We'll talk about loose connective tissue and its 3 subtypes, areolar, reticular, and adipose. And we'll also talk about dense connective tissue including regular, irregular, and elastic tissue. Then we'll talk about specialized connective tissues including cartilage and the 3 types of cartilage, hyaline, fibrocartilage, and elastic. We'll talk about bones, and we'll talk about blood and lymph. After talking about connective tissue, once again, we'll move into Muscle Tissue, distinguishing between skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle tissue.
And then finally, we'll talk about nervous tissue, including neurons and neuroglia. After we cover each of the 4 primary types of tissues, then we'll move on to talk about how membranes support and separate the body. And then finally, we'll wrap up with tissue repair. And so, once again, this here is our map of the lesson on our, lesson on tissues. And you can use this image like a map, essentially a table of contents.
And so I'll be able to see you all in our next video to talk more about tissue development. I'll see you all there.