The Layer of Loose Connective Tissue That Directly Supports the Digestive

question 151

Multiple Choice

The layer of loose connective tissue that directly supports the digestive epithelium is the

• A)lamina propria.
• B)muscularis mucosae.
• C)submucosa.
• D)submucosal plexus.
• E)myenteric plexus.

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Definitions:

Biologists

Scientists who study living organisms and their interactions with each other and their environments.

Pollen

Fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains, which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, responsible for the fertilization of the female ovule.

Self-incompatibility

A mechanism in some plants that prevents self-fertilization and promotes genetic diversity by rejecting pollen from the same or genetically similar plant.

Pollen Tube

A tube that forms from a pollen grain and grows toward the ovule to enable sperm to pass directly to an egg for fertilization in plants.