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 other contexts, such as art, flesh refers to exposed and visible human skin, as opposed to clothed parts of the body, or hair.

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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