Epithelial Tissue — NEET Biology MCQs with Solutions
Free NEET Biology Epithelial Tissue MCQs with step-by-step solutions (6 questions). Part of Structural Organisation in Animals. Practise online on Prepizo — no login needed.
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Questions with solutions
Q1 — Epithelial Tissue · easy · theory
Epithelial tissue rests on a non-cellular basement membrane and has:
A. Contractile fibres
B. Cells compactly packed with little intercellular material ✓ Correct
C. A rich blood supply within the layer
D. Abundant matrix between cells
Solution: Epithelia are compact with minimal intercellular space, avascular, and sit on a basement membrane.
Q2 — Epithelial Tissue · easy · theory
The epithelium lining blood vessels and air sacs, made of a single layer of flat cells, is:
A. Simple squamous ✓ Correct
B. Columnar
C. Simple cuboidal
D. Stratified
Solution: Simple squamous (pavement) epithelium forms thin diffusion barriers (alveoli, capillary walls).
Q3 — Epithelial Tissue · medium · theory
Ciliated columnar epithelium is found lining the ______, where cilia move mucus/particles:
A. Respiratory tract and fallopian tubes ✓ Correct
B. Skin surface
C. Blood capillaries
D. Kidney tubules only
Solution: Ciliated epithelium moves substances in the trachea, bronchioles and oviducts.
Q4 — Epithelial Tissue · medium · theory
Cell junctions that provide strong adhesion (cementing neighbouring cells) are:
A. Gap junctions
B. Tight junctions
C. Adhering junctions (desmosomes) ✓ Correct
D. Synapses
Solution: Tight junctions seal to prevent leakage; adhering junctions cement cells; gap junctions allow communication.
Q5 — Epithelial Tissue · hard · theory
Compound (stratified) epithelium differs from simple epithelium mainly in its:
A. Role in secretion and absorption
B. Protective function due to many cell layers ✓ Correct
C. Single-layered structure
D. Presence of cilia in all cases
Solution: Compound epithelium (e.g. skin, buccal cavity) is multilayered and chiefly protective, with limited secretion/absorption.
Q6 — Epithelial Tissue · hard · theory
Glandular epithelium that releases its product by rupture of the entire cell (cell becomes the secretion) is:
A. Endocrine only
B. Merocrine (eccrine)
C. Apocrine
D. Holocrine ✓ Correct
Solution: In holocrine secretion the whole cell disintegrates to release product (e.g. sebaceous glands); merocrine cells stay intact.