Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 4 compound words that contain tissues. The most common are listed below. Open tissues in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- soft tissuesplural of soft tissue: All the tissues of the body except the calcified ones such as bones and teeth. (Cartilage of joints is often excluded from the definition as well).
- living tissuesplural of living tissue: Any tissue of a living organism containing cells that are routinely lost and replenished by cellular renewal processes.
- nervous tissuesplural of nervous tissue: The principal constituent of the central and peripheral nervous system comprising neurons and neuroglia cells.
- vascular tissuesplural of vascular tissue: The arteries, veins, capillaries, and associated tissues in an animal.
- epithelial tissuesplural of epithelial tissue: A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small …
- connective tissuesplural of connective tissue: A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or …
- bathroom tissuesplural of bathroom tissue: Toilet paper.
- deep tissuesplural of deep tissue: The layers of the musculoskeletal system that lie underneath the superficial muscles.
- ground tissuesplural of ground tissue: The basic supportive tissues in plants.
- toilet tissuesplural of toilet tissue: Toilet paper.
- scar tissuesplural of scar tissue: A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein collagen formed in a place where an injury has healed.
- adipose tissuesplural of adipose tissue: Connective tissue which stores fat, and which cushions and insulates the body.
- palisade tissuesplural of palisade tissue: A layer of closely packed, cylindrical cells located beneath the upper epidermis of a leaf, and primarily responsible for photosynthesis.
- conjunctive tissuesplural of conjunctive tissue: connective tissue
- granulation tissuesplural of granulation tissue: New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process.
- mesenchymal tissuesplural of mesenchymal tissue: That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc
- brown adipose tissuesplural of brown adipose tissue: One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of …
- white adipose tissuesplural of white adipose tissue: One of the two types of adipose tissue present in mammals, providing heat insulation, mechanical cushion, and a source of energy, and comprising as much as 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body …
Compound words 4
- biotissuesplural of biotissue: biological tissue.
- macrotissuesplural of macrotissue: Relatively large-scale tissue
- microtissuesplural of microtissue: microscale tissue
- neotissuesplural of neotissue: Newly-formed tissue, especially tissue engineered around a scaffold.