Histology 1 Past Exam Questions

What are blood smears stained with?

Giemsa

Which stains selectively elastic tissue?

Resourcin Fuscin

Which stains selectively collagen fibres?

Azan

The epidermis of the cornea:

Stratified squamous non kerantinised epithelium

Two layers of cuboidal cells:

Stratified cuboidal epithelium

Which one is NOT the layer of stratified squamous non kerantised epithelium?

Stratum granulosum

What is the internal lining epithelium of the small intestine?

Simple columnar epithelium

This gland is apocrine:

Mammary Gland

This gland is purely serous:

Parotid Gland

This gland is purely mucous

Eosphageal Gland

This gland is holocrine

Sebaceous gland

These features characterise the serous fluid

The watery fluid rich in proteins

Which cell type is NOT phagocytic?

Plasma cell

Which cell type produces the components of connective tissue?

Histocyte

Which cell type is pluripotent?

Mesenchymal

Which fiber type is the most frequent in the wall of arteries?

Elastic Fibers

Which connective tissue type is the most common in the animal body?

Loose connective tissue

What is the name of the connective tissue layer around cartilages?

Perichondrium

Which tissue produces leptin hormone?

White adipose tissue

Which cell type is present in the hyaline cartilage?

Chondrocyte

Which body part has hyaline cartillage component?

Nose

Which body part has elastic cartilage?

Ear lobe

Which cell type does NOT belong to the bony tissue?

Astrocyte

Which fiber type is the part of the bony matrix?

Collagen fiber

What is giving the firmness of the bony tissue?

The inorganic molecules and ions

Which laminae are remnants of old osteons?

Space filling lamellae

Which structure contains the blood vessels in the bony tissue?

Haversian canal

Where does the chondral ossification begin?

At the diaphysis

What does it mean: indirect ossification?

The future bone develops from hyaline cartilage model

Which cell type is multinucleated in the bony tissue?

Osteoclast

Which features are characteristic of the smooth muscle?

It is built up by spindle shaped cells

Which features are characteristic of the cardiac muscle?

It performs quick contractions and does not fatigue

Which feautures are characteristic of the skeletal muscle?

Impulses for contraction are generated by motor endplates

What is true for the z-line?

It contains anchoring proteins for actin

Which one is the thin filament?

Actin

What is NOT necessary for the skeletal muscle contraction?

Microtubules

What is the role of the troponin-tropmyosin complex?

At rest it prevents the actin myosin binding

What is the muscle spindle?

Sensory nerve specialisation in the skeletal muscle

In which body part do you find skeletal muscle?

In the locomtor organs

What kind of neurons are the pyramidal cells?

Multipolar

Which one is NOT a glial cell type?

Purkinje-cell

Which one is the input process of a neuron?

Dendrite

Which one is NOT characteristic of an excitatory neuron?

Symmentrical synapse

Which synapse type is the most frequent?

Axosomatic

Which synapse type is electronic synapse?

Gap junction

Which one is an inhibitory neurostransmitter?

Gamma-amino butyric acid

Which nerve fiber type is conducting at a highest speed?

Alpha

Which cell organelle is missing from the neuron?

Centriole (It has mitochondrium, golgi complex and endoplasmic reticulum)

Which is NOT a glial cell type of the central nervous system?

Satellite Cell (ependymal, oligodendrocyte and astrocyte all are)

Which glial cell type has mesodermal origin?

Microglial

Which glial cell's process is present in the blood-brain barrier?

Astrocyte

Which blood corpuscle is the most frequent in the mammalian?

Erthrocyte

Which cell type has the most segmented nucleus?

Neutrophil

Which cell type has bactericid properties?

Neutrophil

Which cell type has crystallisation it its specific granules?

Eosinophil

Which blood corpuscle is responsible for blood clotting?

platelet

Which cell type is enlarged with antibody production?

Plasma cell

Which pathogenic micro-organisms are the targets of microphages?

Bacteria

How can we distinguish mammallan and avlan blood smear?

On the basis of the presence or lack of nuclei in the erythrocytes and thrombocytes

Which cell type us multipolar in the red bone marrow?

Myeloid

Where is the site of maturation of erythrocytes?

The red bone marrow

Which developmental line has rubriblast?

Erthrocytic cell line

What is NOT present in the erythroblastic istand?

Osteoblast (macrophage,metarubricyte and reticulocyte all present)

Which developmental line has band forms?

Granulocytic cell line

What kind of organ produces erthropoetin?

Kidney

Which cell type gives rise to platelets?

Megakaryocyte

Which layer is NOT the part of blood vessels?

Tunica Mucosa (tunica media, tunica externa, tunica intima)

Which layer is the thickest in the elastic arteries?

Tunica media

Which blood vessel has several elastic membranes in its wall?

Aorta

Which layer is the thickest in the wall of large calliber veins?

Tunica externa

Which layer of blood vessles is made by the endothelium and subendotheial connective tissue?

Tunica intima

Which layer of the heart is made by cardiac muscle?

Myocardium

Which blood vessel type is containing valves?

Vein

Which organ has fenestrated capillaries?

kidney

Which organ has continuous capillaries?

Brain

Which vessel type belongs to the venous system?

Lymphatic vessels

What kind of tissue forms the endocardium of the heart?

Endothelium and the subendothelial connective tissue layer

Bowman's capsule:

Simple Squamous Epithelium

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 1

Fibroblast

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 2

Tropelastin

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 3

Elastic Fibre

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 4

Ground Substance

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 5

Reticular Fibre

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 6

Tropocollagen

Synthesis of Collagen Fibres: Name 7

Collagen I Fibril

General Neuron Structure: Name 1

Dendrites

General Neuron Structure: Name 2

Chromatophilic Substances

General Neuron Structure: Name 3

Cell Body

General Neuron Structure: Name 4

Axon Hilock

General Neuron Structure: Name 5

Axon

General Neuron Structure: Name 6

Synaptic Knobs

General Neuron Structure: Name 7

Telodendria

General Neuron Structure: Name 8

Myelin Sheath

General Neuron Structure: Name 9

Neurlemmocyte

General Neuron Structure: Name 10

Node of Ranvier

General Neuron Structure: Name 11

Axon Collateral

General Neuron Structure: Name 12

Output

General Neuron Structure: Name 13

Nucleus

General Neuron Structure: Name 14

Nucleolus

General Neuron Structure: Name 15

Input