Distinguish between the following pairs in one or two sentences for each
(a) RBCs and WBCs;
(b) bone and cartilage;
(c) blood and lyrnph;
(d) striated and unstriated muscles;
(e) tendon and ligament;
(f) axon and dedrite.
(a) Differences between RBCs and WBCs:
RBCs | WBCs |
They are red coloured corpuscles. | They are colourless corpuscles. |
RBCs are responsible for transport of respiratory gases. | WBCs provide defense mechanism for foreign particles entering the human body. |
(b) (a) Differences between bone and cartilage:
Bone | Cartilage |
It is hard and non-flexible. | It is flexible and not very hard. |
Blood vessels are present. | Blood vessels are absent. |
(c) Differences between blood and lymph:
Blood | Lymph |
It is red coloured fluid. | It is straw coloured light yellow fluid. |
Present in heart and blood vessels throughout the body. | Present in lymph nodes, lymph vessels and lymph capillaries all over the body. |
(d) ) Differences between striated and unstriated muscles:
Striated muscles | Unstriated muscles |
They are skeletal muscles. | They are smooth muscles. |
Voluntary muscles. | Involuntary muscles. |
(e) Differences between tendon and ligament:
Tendon | Ligament |
It connects bone to muscle. | It connects bone to bone at joints. |
It is strong and non-flexible. | It is elastic and flexible. |
(f) Differences between axon and dentrite:
Axon | Dentrite |
It is usually a long, unbranched, cylindrical process of a neuron. | It is small and branched process of a neuron. |
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