Tissues

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Tissues

• Definition Collections of cells and
  extracellular materials that perform specific
  functions

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• Intercellular Connections
• Gap junctions
• Tight junctions
• Intermediate junctions and desmosomes

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• Early Embryonic Tissue the Primary Germ Layers
• Ectoderm
• Mesoderm
• Endoderm

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• Primary Tissue Types (Derived from the Embryonic
  Tissue)
• Epithelial Tissue
• Connective Tissue
• Muscle Tissue
• Neural Tissue
• (click here for embryonic/fetal development
  animation)