ZOOLOGY STUDY GUIDE - Ye. O. Nevedomska - 2013

LECTURE 5. THE TISSUE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION OF LIVING MATTER. ANIMAL TISSUES

1. Characteristics of animal tissues

Each animal tissue consists of Cells of a specific shape and size. Four main groups of Tissues are distinguished in animals:

✵ epithelial;

✵ Tissues of the Internal Environment;

✵ muscular;

✵ nervous.



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