ZOOLOGY STUDY GUIDE - Ye. O. Nevedomska - 2013

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

Did you know that

- In aquatic mammals, the layer of subcutaneous adipose tissue reaches a significant thickness—for example, up to 50 cm in some whales.

- In insects, Adipose tissue is part of the fat body, which serves as a nutrient depot, a source of metabolic Water, and a site for the accumulation and isolation of Metabolic waste products.

Life advice

- As early as the beginning of the 19th century, English scientists Swan and Curling observed signs of sudden ulceration in people who had suffered Skin Burns. In 1887, the German surgeon Billroth reported similar Changes in the body following surgery complicated by infectious diseases. It took three-quarters of a century before scientists, led by the young Canadian researcher Hans Selye, suggested that in all these cases, The Development of Stomach ulcers was the result of nervous strain (stress) that proved overwhelming for the patients' nervous systems. So, avoid stress!



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