alleryStart learning →Which feature is common to all connective tissues?
ACells with long axons carrying impulses
BStriped muscle fibres in long bundles
CTightly packed cells forming a sheet
DA non-living matrix between scattered cells
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A non-living matrix between scattered cells
1. The chapter says connective tissues join, support and protect.
2. In every one, cells lie scattered in a non-living matrix.
3. The matrix may be fluid, jelly or solid.
4. So the unifying feature is the matrix.
_Source: Selina Concise Biology Class 9, Ch 3 Tissues, Plant and Animal Tissues (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on connective tissue_
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