Tissue

How it is used

Animals have four main tissue types: epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissue. Plants have tissues such as xylem, phloem and epidermis. The study of tissues is histology. In the lab, people talk about tissue samples, tissue sections and tissue culture.

Example sentences

1. Thin sections of the liver tissue were stained and examined under the microscope.

2. Cartilage is a type of connective tissue.

Common collocations

• tissue sample
• connective tissue
• tissue culture
• plant tissue
• tissue section

Related terms

• cellThe smallest unit of life that can survive on its own. Every living thing is made of one or more cells, and each cell is surrounded by a membrane.
• organismAny individual living thing, such as a bacterium, a mushroom, a tree or a human, that can grow, reproduce and respond to its environment.
• stem cellAn unspecialized cell that can divide many times and develop into one or more specialized cell types, such as muscle, nerve or blood cells.
• xylemThe plant tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots to the stems and leaves. Its cells are dead when mature and form hollow tubes.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• tissue · Anatomy & Physiology

More terms: Cells and Levels of Organization

• nucleus
• cell membrane
• mitochondrion
• cytoplasm
• organelle
• prokaryote
• eukaryote
• ribosome
• cell wall
• mitosis
• diffusion
• osmosis