NEETBiologyLocomotion and MovementMCQ+4 / −1
Choose the correct statement about a muscular tissue
- ASmooth muscles are multinucleated and involuntary.
- BSkeletal muscle fibres are uninucleated and found in parallel bundles.
- CIntercalated discs allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit.
- DThe walls of blood vessels are made up of columnar epithelium.
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Correct answer: C
Option (3) is the correct answer as cardiac muscle fibres possess communication junctions (intercalated discs) at some fusion points that allow the cells to contract as unit, i.e., when one cell receives a signal to contract, its neighbours are also stimulated to contract.
Option (1) is incorrect as smooth muscle fibres are uninucleated.
Option (2) is incorrect as skeletal muscle fibres are multinucleated.
Option (4) is incorrect as the wall of blood vessels are made up of simple squamous epithelium.
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