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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

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This article is about the BMW subsidiary established in 1998. It is not to be confused with Rolls-Royce Motors. For other uses, see Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited Type Subsidiary Industry Manufacturing Distribution Founded United Kingdom (March 1998  ( 1998-03 ) ) Headquarters Goodwood, West Sussex, England , United Kingdom Area served Worldwide Key people Torsten Müller-Ötvös (CEO) Peter Schwarzenbauer Chairman Giles Taylor (Design Director) [1] Products Phantom Cullinan Ghost Wraith Dawn Services Automobile customisation Number of employees 1,300 (2014) Parent BMW Website rolls-roycemotorcars.com Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a British luxury automobile maker. A wholly owned subsidiary of German group BMW, it was established in 1998 after BMW was licensed the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo from Rolls-Royce plc and acquired the rights to the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grill

Tissue (biology)

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This article is about biological tissue. For the moth, see Triphosa dubitata. For other uses, see Tissue (disambiguation). An ensemble of similar cells and their matrix with similar origin and function Cross section of sclerenchyma fibers in plant ground tissue. Microscopic view of a histologic specimen of human lung tissue stained with hematoxylin and eosin. In biology, tissue is a cellular organizational level between cells and a complete organ. A tissue is an ensemble of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same origin that together carry out a specific function. Organs are then formed by the functional grouping together of multiple tissues. The English word is derived from the French tissu , meaning something that is woven, from the verb tisser , "to weave". The study of human and animal tissues is known as histology or, in connection with disease, histopathology. For plants, the discipline is called plant anatomy. The classical tools fo