The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

TISSUE

In biology, the term tissue is used for the substance of which the various parts of animal and plant bodies are composed. Thus, the substance of flesh or meat is known as muscular tissue, the substance of the brain and nerves is nerve tissue, that of bones is osseous tissue, that of the kidneys is renal tissue, that of glands in general is glandular tissue, and so on. Each of these particular tissues has its own characteristic cell structure.
Research Tissue