NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the epithelium? The epithelium is a type of body tissue that forms the covering on all internal and external surfaces of your body, lines body cavities and hollow organs and is the major tissue in glands.

Detailed explanation-2: -The covering or protective tissues in the animal body are epithelial tissues. Epithelium covers most organs and cavities within the body. It also forms a barrier to keep different body systems separate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Epithelium or epithelial tissue is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. It is a thin, continuous, protective layer of compactly packed cells with a little intercellular matrix.

Detailed explanation-4: -Skin: the outer covering of an animal that protects it from its environment. Keratin: a type of protein that forms many of the epidermal structures in vertebrates, such as hair, nails, claws, feather, and some kinds of scales.

Detailed explanation-5: -Epithelial tissue is protective tissue in an animal’s body.