MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. There are 4 basic types of tissue: connective tissue, epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.

Detailed explanation-2: -Epithelial Design of Nervous Tissue. As stated, nervous tissue is a specialized epithelial tissue. Epithelia are sheets of cells that cover surfaces or line cavities of the body and in places grow into subjacent connective tissue to form hair follicles, glands, or other derivatives.

Detailed explanation-3: -Epithelial tissues are widespread throughout the body. They form the covering of all body surfaces, line body cavities and hollow organs, and are the major tissue in glands. They perform a variety of functions that include protection, secretion, absorption, excretion, filtration, diffusion, and sensory reception.