Chapter 5.4, Problem 1AYLO

Summary Introduction

To discuss:

The reason for considering nervous and muscular tissues are excitable tissue, even though excitability is a property of all living cells.

Introduction:

Humans and animals are the complex organisms made up of collection of cells to perform specific functions. These collection of cells are often called the tissues. Tissues arise from the embryonic origin that perform a specific physiological and structural role in an organ. Tissues perform specific functions, such as nerve signaling and nutrient digestion. There are four types of primary tissues, namely epithelial, connective, nervous, and muscular tissues.