Question

Assertion : Liver is the largest gland of the body. The hepatic lobules are the structural and functional units of liver containing hepatic cells arranged in the form of cords.

Reason : Each lobule of the liver is covered by a thin connective tissue sheath called the Glisson’s capsule. The bile is secreted by hepatic cells.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is B If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

The liver is the largest gland of the body. It is an accessory digestive organ that produces bile. Lobules are the functional units of the liver. Each lobule is made up of millions of hepatic cells (hepatocytes), which are the basic metabolic cells. The lobules are held together by a fine, dense, irregular, fibroelastic connective tissue layer extending from the fibrous capsule covering the entire liver known as Glisson's capsule.

Therefore, both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.