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Chapter 10, Problem 10TY
Which of the following is not a correct statement comparing plant tissues and animal tissues?
- a. Nervous tissue of animals plays the same role as vascular tissue in plants.
- b. The dermal tissue of plants is similar to epithelial tissue of animals in that both provide a covering for the organism.
- c. The epithelial tissue of animals and the dermal tissue of plants have special characteristics that limit the movement of material between cell layers.
- d. The ground tissue of plants and the connective tissue of animals provide structural support for the organism.
- e. The ground tissue of plants and the connective tissue of animals have large amounts of extracellular material (that is, thick cell walls in plants and lots of ECM in animals).
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