Multiple choice

Which of the following acts as a protective tissue in the animal body?

  1. Epithelial tissue

  2. Connective tissue

  3. Muscular tissue

  4. Nervous tissue

  5. Cardiac Muscle
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Explanation

Epithelial tissue forms the protective covering of the animal body. It gets modified to perform various functions such as:

  1. Protection: It acts as a barrier between the outer world (or inner spaces) and our bodies.
  2. Absorption and secretion: When absorption and secretion occurs, the epithelial tissue facilitates movement across the epithelial barrier.
  3. Excretion: Epithelial tissue even lines the excretory lumina, like the tracts from the kidneys to the urethra.

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