Histology Quiz (Block 1.2)

76 multiple-choice questions with explanations for Histology, Block 1.2: Integument and Musculoskeletal System. Free, works offline.

Questions

  1. What tissue is shown in this slide?
  2. What shape are the cells in this slide?
  3. Where is the nucleus of each cell in this slide?
  4. Which part of the nervous system innervates the muscle in this slide?
  5. What tissue is shown in this slide?
  6. Where are the nuclei located in this slide?
  7. Which neurotransmitter triggers contraction of the muscle in this slide?
  8. The part of this slide labeled “OL” is what kind of section?
  9. How was the skeletal muscle in this slide cut?
  10. In this section, what are the island-like bundles of myofibrils inside each fiber called?
  11. What is the thin connective tissue that surrounds each individual muscle fiber called?
  12. What is the connective tissue that surrounds one fascicle called?
  13. What is the dark band in this longitudinal section called?
  14. What is the light band in this section called?
  15. What is the dark line in the middle of each I band called?
  16. What is the contractile unit between two Z lines called?
  17. What tissue is shown in this slide?
  18. What is the structure labeled “I” in this slide?
  19. What is the circled branching of fibers that rejoin each other called?
  20. Which layer of the skin is shown in this slide?
  21. What type of epithelium forms this layer?
  22. Is this slide thick skin or thin skin?
  23. Which layer of the epidermis is found only in this type of skin?
  24. Which layer of the epidermis is enlarged in the box?
  25. What do the yellow arrows point to?
  26. Which layer of the dermis do the blue arrows mark?
  27. Which layer does the blue arrow mark?
  28. What cells do the blue arrows point to?
  29. What cell does the red arrow point to?
  30. What structure do the arrows point to?
  31. This structure is a receptor for what?
  32. What is the encapsulated nerve ending inside this dermal papilla?
  33. This structure is a receptor for what?
  34. What does this slide show?
  35. Which gland is shown?
  36. How does this gland release its secretion?
  37. Which gland is shown?
  38. What cell does the red arrow point to?
  39. Which gland is circled?
  40. What does this slide show?
  41. Muscle tissue is characterized above all by:
  42. Which muscle type is striated but involuntary?
  43. In muscle cell terminology, a sarcosome is a:
  44. Which term means the cell membrane of a muscle cell?
  45. A myofibril is best described as:
  46. Smooth muscle is found in all of the following EXCEPT:
  47. In a transverse section of smooth muscle, why do only some profiles contain a nucleus?
  48. Which muscle type regenerates best after injury?
  49. The epimysium is made of:
  50. In a skeletal muscle sarcomere, what is the lighter region in the center of the A band called?
  51. The M line lies:
  52. Which feature best distinguishes cardiac from skeletal muscle in longitudinal section?
  53. The nucleus of a cardiac muscle cell is:
  54. Skeletal muscle is said to have limited regeneration because:
  55. The epidermis develops from which germ layer?
  56. How is the epidermis nourished?
  57. Which layer of the epidermis contains the stem cells that give rise to all epidermal cells?
  58. Cells of the stratum basale are anchored to the basal lamina by:
  59. The stratum corneum consists of:
  60. Eleidin droplets are characteristic of which layer?
  61. Where is thick skin found?
  62. Which pair of layers together forms the stratum Malpighii?
  63. Melanocytes produce which pigment?
  64. Compared with light skin, dark skin has:
  65. Which epidermal cell is involved mainly in immune defense and lies mostly in the stratum spinosum?
  66. Merkel cells are found mainly in:
  67. SALT (skin-associated lymphoid tissue) is formed by:
  68. Anchoring fibrils of type VII collagen are found in:
  69. The reticular layer of the dermis is made mainly of:
  70. Which receptor is unencapsulated?
  71. Which sensory ending is round and has a thick connective tissue capsule?
  72. Which ending has nerve branches spread in a spray-like pattern inside a thin capsule?
  73. From the inside out, the layers of a hair are:
  74. The arrector pili muscle attaches to which part of the hair follicle?
  75. The dermal and epidermal root sheaths of a hair follicle are separated by:
  76. Where does an eccrine sweat gland open?