Choose the main characteristics of the epithelial tissue.

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They are surrounded by blood vessels.

They are rigid tissues.

negligible intercellular spaces, so no pathogen can enter inside the body.

There are many kinds of epithelial tissue on the basis of shape and size.

answer is A, B.

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Epithelial tissue covers the part of the body it faces either the outside environment or body fluid.

Epithelial tissue provides protection. Epithelial tissue has negligible intercellular space, so no pathogen, dust or other pollutant can not enter the body.

Simple epithelium can be classified as squamous epithelium, stratified epithelium, cuboidal epithelium and ciliated epithelium on the basis of size and shape.

Hence, options 1 and 2 are the correct answer.

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