This document discusses the four main types of human tissues: epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous. It focuses on epithelial tissues, describing their characteristics and classifications. Epithelial tissues are composed of closely packed cells that cover surfaces and form glands. They are classified as covering epithelia, which protect surfaces, or glandular epithelia, which secrete substances. Covering epithelia include simple squamous, cuboidal, columnar, and stratified epithelia. Glandular epithelia consist of exocrine and endocrine glands that secrete through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.