Flesh

Flesh is the soft substance of the body of a living human or other animal. In a human or other animal body, this consists of muscle and fat; for vertebrates, this especially includes muscle tissue (skeletal muscle), as opposed to bones and viscera.[1] Animal flesh, as food, is called meat. In plants, "flesh" is the tissue of the plant, which is composed of cellulose[2] (a biomolecule that serves as the plants' cytoskeleton).

For other uses, see Flesh (disambiguation).

In mycology, "flesh" refers to trama, the fleshy, inner portion of a mushroom's basidiocarp, or fruit body.[3]

References
  1. "Flesh". dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  2. "Cellulose". Biology-Online Dictionary | Biology-Online Dictionary. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  3. Jaeger, Edmund Carroll; Jaeger, Edmund Carroll (1959). A source-book of biological names and terms. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. ISBN 978-0-398-06179-1.


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