AIIMS2009ZoologyStructural Organisation in Animals
Assertion : Connective tissue inside the brain is essential for conduction of nerve impulse. Reason: Connective tissue hold together the nerve cells of brain.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
Connective tissue consists of variously shaped cells lying in an extracellular material called matrix. It joins one tissue to another in the organs. Connective tissue is absent inside the central nervous system i.e. brain and spinal cord and thus has no function in the conduction of nerve impulse.The nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord are held together by supporting cells called neuroglia cells.