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What type of cell is this?

What characteristics helped you decide the type of cell? (Identify form/structure.)
What is this cell's function?

What type of cell is this? What characteristics helped you decide the type of cell-example-1
User Hermeslm
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This is Aerolar Connective tissue .

Structure :

  • Cells embedded in a matrix of elastic and in - elastic fibres .

Location :

  • Between other tissues and organs.

Function :

  • It helps in binding.
  • It helps in repairing of body tissues.

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☆ cell -

  • Robert Hooke in 1665 observed honeycomb structure from a thin slice of cork through a self designed microscope. He found that these consist of many little compartments or boxes whom he called cell.

☆ Tissue -

  • Tissue is made up of a cells that are similar in structure and / or work together to achieve a particular function.
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