{"id":645,"date":"2017-05-21T23:10:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:24:14","slug":"1-b-2-cells-tissues-and-organs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/1-b-2-cells-tissues-and-organs\/","title":{"rendered":"1-B-2 Cells, tissues and organs"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAIN FEATURES OF ANIMAL TISSUES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tissue<\/strong><\/td>\nMorphological features<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Epithelial<\/td>\nCells stay very close together with a very small amount of extracellular matrix interposed between them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connective<\/td>\nCells derived from mesenchymal cells and usually separated by differing amounts of extracellular matrix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muscle<\/td>\nElongated cells with little extracellular material between them and capable of contraction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nervous<\/td>\nMost of its cells have extensions that form complex networks with other nervous cells and with cells of other tissues. Very little extracellular matrix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Tissue<\/strong><\/td>\nSome of their main functions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Epithelial<\/td>\nCoating of external and internal surfaces of the body; transport of ions and molecules; secretion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connective<\/td>\nSupport of the whole body as well of its tissues and organs, filling of spaces, nourishment of cells of other tissues, bodily defense, secretion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muscle<\/td>\nThe contraction of its cells generates movement, secretion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nervous<\/td>\nGeneration, transmission and integration of nervous impulses; reception and transmission of sensory stimuli, secretion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 
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MAIN FEATURES OF ANIMAL TISSUES Tissue Morphological features Epithelial Cells stay very close together with a very small amount of extracellular matrix interposed between them Connective Cells derived from mesenchymal cells and usually separated by differing amounts of extracellular matrix Muscle Elongated cells with little extracellular material between them and capable of contraction Nervous Most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21212,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions\/21212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}