Biology · Glossary

What is Tissue?

Definition 4.7 University Biology — Year 1 · Chapter 4 — Animal Body Plans and Tissues

A tissue is a group of cells of similar structure and origin, together with the extracellular material they produce, organised to perform a common function. Animal tissues fall into four types: epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous. Every organ is a combination of at least two of them.

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