Tissue

Introduction: Tissue

Description of Tissue

Tissue: A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding them. There are four basic kinds of tissue in the body: epithelium; connective tissues including adipose tissue, blood, bone, and cartilage; muscle tissue; and nerve tissue. [Fr. tissu, woven, fr. L. texo, to weave]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Tissue: A group or layer of cells that work together to perform a specific function.
Source: National Institute of Health

Tissue: a part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Tissue: collections of cells organized in a cooperative arrangement for the purpose of performing a particular function.
Source: CRISP

Tissue: Collections of differentiated CELLS, such as EPITHELIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MUSCLES; and NERVE TISSUE. Tissues are cooperatively arranged to form organs with specialized functions such as RESPIRATION; DIGESTION; REPRODUCTION; MOVEMENT; and others.
Source: MeSH 2007

Tissue as an Organ

Tissue (organ): Tissues are a collection of cells that are the same or are similar and are grouped together to perform a specific function. There are four basic types of tissues: connective tissue, muscle tissue, nervous tissue and epithelial tissue. Groups of multiple tissues comprise such structures in the body as organs, muscles, bones, nerves, skin, blood, the airway and the reproductive tract and digestive tract.

Conditions that can afflict tissues include infection, trauma, cancer, congenital anomalies, metabolic syndromes, hemorrhage, autoimmune diseases and inflammation.

Tissue (organ): See Tissue (organ information).

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