Mention one example each for animals with chitinous exoskeleton and those covered by a calcareous shell.
Chitinous exoskeleton: Arthropod’s body wall consists of thick, Chitinous cuticle and single- layered epidermis. The hard cuticle restricts growth and is periodically changed during growth. Example: Cockroach.
Calcareous shell: Phylum Mollusca contains external slimy shell which is usually secreted by mantle. Example: Pila.
Which of the following is not correct?
(a) Robert Brown discovered the cell.
(b) Schleiden and Schwann formulated the cell theory.
(c) Virchow explained that cells are formed from pre-existing cells.
(d) A unicellular organism carries out its life activities within a single cell.
Describe the important steps in muscle contraction.
How do neutral solutes move across the plasma membrane? Can the polar molecules also move across it in the same way? If not, then how are these transported across the membrane?
Both lysosomes and vacuoles are endomembrane structures, yet they differ in terms of their functions. Comment.