Epithelial cells serves the function of protection, secretion and absorption and is separated from the other tissues below by a _____.

Basal lamina

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Lamina propria

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Connective tissue

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Stratum granulosum

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Solution

The correct option is A Basal lamina
Epithelial cells are held together through a set of cell to cell interactions along their lateral surface: tight junctions, adhering junctions and desmosomes. Epithelial cells attach to a specialized kind of extracellular matrix called the basal lamina or basement membrane that separates epithelial cells from the underlying tissue.
So, the correct answer is 'Basal lamina'

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