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Animal Tissue

Maharashtra Board · Class 11 · Biology

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Introduction to Animal Tissues and Histology

  • Tissue is a group of cells with same embryonic origin, structure, and function
  • Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1771-1802) is known as 'Father of Histology'
  • Histology is the study of structure and arrangement of tissues
2

Epithelial Tissue

  • Forms covering on inner and outer surfaces of body and organs
  • Cells compactly arranged with little intercellular matrix
  • Cells rest on non-cellular basement membrane
3

Connective Tissue

  • Most widely spread tissue in body - binds, supports, and strengthens
  • Consists of cells and fibres embedded in abundant intercellular matrix
  • Highly vascular except cartilage
4

Muscular Tissue

  • Elongated cells called muscle fibres covered by sarcolemma
  • Cytoplasm called sarcoplasm contains contractile myofibrils
  • Myofibrils made of actin and myosin proteins

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Histology is the study of tissueEpithelial tissue forms coverings on innerMost widespread tissue that bindsContractile tissue composed of elongated muscleComposed of neurons (structural and functional

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