NEET Biology question

BiologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsNEET

Read the following statements regarding different types of animal tissues and select the incorrect ones. (i) Each fasciculus (or bundle of muscle fibres) is surrounded by an epithelial tissue covering called perimysium. (ii) Multi-unit smooth muscles are present in ciliary and iris muscles in the eyes and muscles of the walls of large blood vessels. (iii) Columnar epithelium present in gastric glands, intestinal glands and pancreatic lobules, has a secretory role and is called as glandular epithelium. (iv) Epithelial tissue arises only from the ectoderm of embryo and is usually supplied with blood vessels.

Answer: (D)

Solution

Statement (i) is incorrect, since the perimysium that wraps each muscle fasciculus is a connective tissue covering, not an epithelial one. Statement (iv) is also incorrect, since epithelial tissue develops from all three germ layers depending on its

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