3.1 Animal Tissues

. Animal Tissues Animal tissues are classified according to the size, shape and function of the cells. There are four primary (basic) tissue types that interweave to form the ‘fabric’ of the body. They are, the epithelial tissue (covering), the connective tissue (support), the muscle tissue (movement) and the nervous tissue (control) (Figure . ). A reflective layer of tissue called tapetum lucidum, enhances night time vision in most of the animals like cat. Classification of Animal Tissues Epithelial Connective Muscular Neural Compound . Squamous . Cuboidal . Columnar . Ciliated . Pseudostratified Simple Transitional Stratified Squamous Cuboidal Columnar . Keratinized . Non-Keratinized