Question

Statement 1: Muscle fibres that are seen in the form of bundles in the muscle tissue are called fascicles.

Statement 2: Each muscle fibre has 40 - 80 myofibrils.

• A. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
• B. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true
• C. Both the statements are false
• D. Both the statements are true

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false

Muscle fibres that are seen in the form of bundles in the muscle tissue are called fascicles. Each muscle fibre has 2- 20 myofibrils. Each myofibril is made up of filamentous protein fibres called myofilaments.