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Question:

Identify the type of tissue in the following: Skin, Bark of tree, Bone, Lining of kidney tubule, Vascular bundle.

Solution:

  1. Skin: Squamous epithelium (thin, flattened, irregularly shaped cells with centrally placed nucleus).
  2. Bark of tree: Cork (protective tissue with dead suberized cells)
  3. Bone: Skeletal tissue/osseous tissue
  4. Lining of kidney tubule: Cuboidal epithelial tissue (cube like cells with hexagonal appearance and central, spherical nucleus).
  5. Vascular bundle: xylem (tracheids, vessels, fibres and parenchyma) and phloem (sieve elements, companion cell, phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma )