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Is the skin all made of living tissue?

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No. The outside layer is dead tissue.

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Layer of living skin and is composed of all major tissue types?

The layer of living skin you are referring to is called the dermis. It is composed of all major tissue types, including epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. The dermis provides structural support, contains blood vessels, nerve endings, and glands, and is responsible for giving skin its strength and elasticity.


Is tissue a living or nonliving?

All tissues are made of cells which are alive making the tissue alive.


What is the tissue under the skin called?

The skin we see is the epidermis, then the layer just beneath it is the dermis and finally hypodermis. The hypodermis is made up of fatty tissue but it is all technically skin unless you are asking about muscle.


What tissue is found all over your body?

skin


What is made out of cells?

All living things are made up of cells. Living things are the only things that can have cells. Cells are the basic sign of life.


Why is an organ always made of tissue but a tissue is not always considered an organ?

Cells make up tissues and tissues make up organs, not the other way around.Every single organ in the body is made of some sort of organic tissue. This does not mean that all tissue is considered an organ. Tissue such as the Epidermis (skin), Muscle Tissue, Nervous Tissue, Epithelial Tissue, and Connective Tissue are Organic tissues that we do not consider to be Organs.


What organ has all four types of tissue?

OTHER PERSON's ANSWER: skinNOTE: That above answer is wrong (skin has no muscle tissue)I believe the correct answer is the Heart, having Epithelial, Nervous, Muscle, and Connective tissues.The Correct Answer is skin.. skin contains arrector pili(a muscle)


Is Nitrogen found in all living tissue?

Yes, all living things are full of nitrogen including living tssue.


What tissue lines body surfaces?

Epithelial tissue lines all of the body's organs.


Is the outer layer of the skin made of living cells?

yes! skin is a living thing and the reason behind it is because all living things have 6 charateristics. skin is made of many cells, you skin can grow and develop( scar it grows back) responds to the environment if something is hot u touch it u move away. i hope this helps :)


How can you say that bones are living?

Bone is a tissue, it is living in a sense <doesn't have consciousness. There are small channells in the bone tissue that nourish it. A healthy bone grows, it supports and is involved in production of blood. Bones are made of cells, like all tissues, the cells have a metabolism.


What is the relationship between cells and tissue?

Tissues are collection of cells, more specifically similar cells. Tissues are the building blocks of organs. The relationship of cells to tissues is that cells make up tissues.