NEETZoologyExcretory Products and their Elimination
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: PCT helps to maintain the pH and ionic balance of the body fluids Reason: PCT is lined by simple cuboidal brush border epithelium which increases the surface area for reabsorption
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
PCT helps to maintain the pH and ionic balance of the body fluids by selective secretion of hydrogen ions and ammonia into the filtrate and by absorption of HCO3– from it.