animal tissue versus animal matter - are the two same?

It looks as though they are not the same. Maybe a specialist will rule on that.

"Animal matter" does not have to have been living tissue. Bone, for example, is not "tissue". Hair, for another. But both of these are animal matter.

That's my understanding, anyway.

Is there such a specialist in A2K?

Not sure. I don't think my answer is too far out, though.
I'll ask my doctor friend the next time I talk to him.

I wonder if skin is normally regarded as "tissue"? I'm not too sure on that point. Bone, hair, finger- and toenails, all animal in origin, but not soft tissue.

Usually we hear the words "soft tissue" being used (the "soft tissues of the body"), and that is a more readily understandable phrase.

Tissues are not the same as soft tissues.

Organs are tissue but not soft tissue.

Skin is soft tissue.



Blood, lymph and some cells are not considered tissue. Nor is bone. They are animal matter.

These links are interesting, and very informative.

Unfortunately the OP, OristarA, is in China I believe, and cannot access the Wikipedia site.

We can always copy and past the content, if needed..