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Tissues (Muscle Tissue (Skeletal muscles (Packaged by connective tissue…
Tissues
Muscle Tissue
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Smooth muscles
In the walls of the intestine, blood vessels, uterus and urinary tracts
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Meristem: Area of unspecialised cells within a plant that can divide and differentiate into other types of cell
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Epithelial Tissue
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Functions of protection, absorption, filtration, excretion and secretion
Meristematic Tissue
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Found at root and shoot tips, and in the cambium of vascular bundles
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Vascular Tissue
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Phloem vessels
Transfers the products of photosynthesis in solution from leaves to parts of the plant that do not photosynthesise, such as roots, flowers and growing shoots
Epidermal Tissue
Consists of flattened cells that, apart from guard cells, lack chloroplasts
Form a protective covering over leaves, stems and roots
Some have walls impregnated with a waxy substance, forming a cuticle which reduces water loss
Connective Tissue
Consists of non-living extracellular matrix containing proteins (collagen and elastin) and polysaccharides
Examples include blood, bone, cartilage, tendons ligaments
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