LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 2MC
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The tissue is a group of cells that are organized to perform a specialized function. Four different types of tissue are nervous tissue, muscular tissue, connective tissue, and epithelial tissue.
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