Choose the correct statement about a muscular tissue
- Smooth muscles are multinucleated and involuntary.
- Skeletal muscle fibres are uninucleated and found in parallel bundles.
- Intercalated discs allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit.
- The walls of blood vessels are made up of columnar epithelium.
Answer
(3) Intercalated discs allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit.
Solution
(1) Incorrect – smooth muscle fibres are uninucleated (spindle-shaped) and involuntary.
(2) Incorrect – skeletal muscle fibres are multinucleated (syncytial), though arranged in parallel bundles.
(3) Correct – as per NCERT, communication junctions (intercalated discs) at some fusion points allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit.
(4) Incorrect – the walls of blood vessels are lined by squamous epithelium (and contain smooth muscle).
Answer: (3)