Assertion : Extracellular materials are important for cells.
Intercellular materials surround the cells & bind them together.

Options

A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C. If the assertion and reason are false
D. If the assertion is false but reason is true

Answer

A

Explanation

Extracellular materilas (also called Intercellular materials) are very important for cells because they surround the individual cells, separate them from each other and bind them together. One or more types of specialized cells are set in specific extracsllular materials to con stitute a tissue. Nature and amount of extracellular material very from tissue to tissue. In some tissues, it is limited to very thin layers whereas, in some it is quite vast and separates cells widely apart from one another.