Structural Organisation In Animals Question 456

Question: Assertion : Muscle cells are also called myofibrils. Reason : Muscle cells are very thin and elongated.

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 is true but the reason is false

D) If the assertion is false but reason is true

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Since muscle cells are very thin and elongated, therefore, they are also called as muscle fibres and not myofibril.

Myofibril is the unit of a striated muscle fibre.

A striated muscle fibre is composed of many myofibirils arranged along the long axis of the fibre.

A myofibril is of two types of myofilaments-actin filaments and myosin filaments.

Sliding of these myofilaments over one another cause the contraction and relaxation of the muscle fibre.