NEET Biology Structural Organisation In Animals Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : Urinary bladder can considerably expand to accommodate urine. Reason : It is lined by stretchable squamous epithelium.

    A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D) If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Urinary bladder is not lined by squamous epithelium but by transitional epithelium which is a stretchable compound epithelium. It has a single layer of cuboidal cells at the base, 2-3 middle layers of large polygonal cells and a superficial layer of large, broad rectangular cells. Stretching considerably flattens and broadens the cells of superficial and middle layers, hence causing expansion of the urinary bladder.


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