Multiple choice

Which of the following sentences about epithelial tissue is false?

  1. Cells are densely packed together with minimal amount of intercellular substance.

  2. It is avascular.

  3. It is richly supplied with nerve fibres.

  4. It gets nutrients by absorption from underlying connective tissue.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

It gets nutrition by diffusion from underlying connective tissue. Thus, it is the answer as it is a false statement about epithelial tissue.

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