2nd

Question 1

What does epi and thelium mean?

Answer 1

Epi:upon
Thelium : to rest
Epithelium rests upon basement membrane below which connective tissue is present

Question 2

How are epithelial cells packed?

Answer 2

Compactly
Which results in litter intercellular space, hence little intercellular substance due to which epithelium is AVASCULAR

Question 3

List the properties of epithelium

Answer 3

Epithelium rests upon basement membrane, is AVASCULAR and has highest regenerative ability

Question 4

What is basement membrane and what is it made of

Answer 4

It is a non cellular layer
Glycoproteins and mucopolysaccharides

Question 5

How is oxygen and nutrients supplied to epithelial tissue?

Answer 5

As connective is highly vascular and is always present where epithelium is, therefore through the blood vessels of connective tissue, nutrients and oxygen is supplied towards epithelium

Question 6

Assertion: epithelial cells have little intercellular space and therefore little intercellular substance
Reason: epithelial cells are compactly packed

Answer 6

A is true and R is the correct explanation of A

Question 7

Why is epithelium AVASCULAR

Answer 7

Because no space between cells

Question 8

Which tissue has the highest regenerative ability?

Answer 8

Epithelium