Histology Flashcards
What type of hormone is produced by this cell?
Peptide hormone
What type of hormone is produced by this cell?
Steroid hormone
Artery
What is 1?
Cartliage
What is 2?
Respiratory epithelium
What is 3?
Smooth muscle
What is 4?
Collagen
How many clearly distinct fascicles (i.e. with surrounding perineurium) does this nerve have?
3
Basophil
Bile duct
Bronchiole
What is a?
Skeletal muscle
What is b?
Adipocytes
What is c?
Artery
What is d?
Vein
What is e?
Lymphatic vessel with a valve
What is f?
A nerve containing just myelinated axons
What is g?
A nerve containing a mixture of myelinated and non-myelinated fibres
Calyx
Cardiac muscle
Central vein
What is E?
Chondroblast
What is B?
Chondrocyte
Anterior pituitary
C-cell in thyroid gland
Parathyroid gland
What protein is found in the arrowed area?
Thyroglobulin
Arrow points to zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex
Collecting duct
Which is a sympathetic ganglion?
D
Duodenum
Arrows point at Brunner’s glands
Eosinophil
Bladder transitional epithelium
Fibrocartilage
Which system do the small,darkly stained round nuclei in the epithelium and lamina propria belong to?
GALT (Gut associated lymphoid tissue)
? are goblet cells
Golgi apparatus
A is the zone of hypertrophy
Ileum
Ileum
Ileum
Intercalated disc
Intestinal villus
What type of epithelium?
Simple columnar epithelium
Interlobar duct of salivary gland
What is 1?
Tight junction
What is 2?
Adherens junctions
What is 3?
Desmosome
Kidney
Liver
Liver
Lymphocyte
What method of fixation was used?
Perfusion
Mucous cell
What is black?
Nuclei
What is red?
Fibrin (and blood cells still visible as red)
What is green?
Collagen
Nerve
What is stained black?
Lipids
Nerve
What is this a cross section of?
Nerve
What is A?
Fibrocyte nucleus
What is B?
Schwann cell nucleus
Neuromuscular junction
Pancreas
Proximal convoluted tubule
Perimysium
Pseudostratisfied columnar epithelium
What is the structure outlined in white?
Parasympathetic ganglion
Sensory ganglion
Sensory ganglia
Simple columnar epithelium
Simple cuboidal epithelium
Simple squamous epithelium
Skeletal muscle
Stratisfied columnar epithelium
Stratisfied cuboidal epithelium
What is A?
Stratisfied squamous epithelium
Stratisfied squamous epithelium
Sweat glands
Sympathetic ganglia
Transitional epithelium
What is A?
Vein
What is B?
Lymphatic vessel
What is C?
Artery
Z band
Which is the most abundant endocrine cell type in the anterior pituitary?
Somatotroph
Which lobe of the pituitary is directly connected to the hypothalamus by neural projections?
Posterior
Where are ADH and oxytocin synthesised?
Hypothalamus
What do C-cells in the thyroid gland secrete?
Calcitonin
Where is calcitonin secreted?
C-cells in the thyroid gland
Which hormone is produced in the zonula glomerulosa?
Aldosterone
Where are chromaffin cells found?
Adrenal medulla
Which cell layer are podocytes found in?
Visceral layer of Bowman’s capsule
Which portion of the nephron is responsible for the majority of water resorption?
Proximal convoluted tubule
The Macula densa is a specialised region of which portion of the nephron?
Distal convoluted tubule
What cell type is responsible for removing particulate matter from the liver sinusoids?
Kupffer cell
What allows direct contact between blood plasma and the basal surface of hepatocytes?
Space of Disse
What lies between the basal surface of hepatocytes and the sinusoid epithelium?
Space of Disse
The majority of blood entering the liver lobules is carried by which vessel?
Portal vein
What do peptic cells secrete?
Pepsinogen
What type of process are pancreas acinar cells involved in?
Exocrine secretion
Which enteric nerve plexus lies in the muscularis propria layer?
Auerbach’s plexus (myenteric plexus)
What is produced by parietal cells?
HCl
What region of the GI tract has stratified squamous epithelium?
Oesophagus
What is the connective tissue layer in the gut mucosa called?
Lamina propria
What impact might Pelger–Huët anomaly have on the health of the patient?
Reduce clearing of bacterial infections
Which type of white blood cell is most common and has a multi-lobed nucleus?
Neutrophil
Which respiratory cell type is the most numerous in the alveoli?
Type II Pneumocyte
What are the majority of cells in our body?
Red blood cells
Which type of ganglia can reside within the target tissue?
Parasympathetic
What is a chondroblast?
Immature cartilage cell
What type of cell generates the myelin sheath around axons in the peripheral nervous system?
Schwann cells
What type of cell is able to reduce the amount of bone?
Osteoclasts
What type of bone formation occurs by conversion of cartilage to bone?
Endochondral ossification
What is a chondrocyte?
Mature cartilage cell
What cartilage is found in the trachea?
Hyaline
Which muscle type lacks T-tubules?
Smooth
Dense bodies are characteristic of which muscle type?
Smooth
Which fibres in cardiac muscle are particularly rich in glycogen?
Purkinje fibres
What is the connective tissue surrounding each fascicle in skeletal muscle called?
Perimysium
What is the major component of thick filaments?
Myosin
Which regions of the sarcoplasmic reticulum closely abut the T-tubules in skeletal muscle?
Terminal cisternae
Which zone/band along the length of the skeletal muscle sarcomere does not shorten on contraction?
A-band
What is the bulk of the dermis composed of?
Collagen
The sweat gland secretory cells can form what kind of epithelium?
Simple columnar epithelium
Where are Meissner’s corpuscles positioned?
Papillary layer of dermis
Which cell junction anchors the basal epidermal cells to the basement membrane?
Hemidesmosome
Which type of mechanosensory structure senses deep vibrations?
Pacinian corpuscle
Which layer contains a large number of adipocytes?
Hypodermis
What do sebaceous glands secrete?
Sebum
How do sebaceous glands secrete sebum?
Holocrine secretion
Which gland has cells arranged in a double layered cuboidal epithelium?
Sweat gland
In which layer of the epidermis do cells divide?
Stratum basale (the basal cell layer of the epidermis)
What skin is on the palm of your hand?
Thick skin
What kind of epithelium is on the outer surface of our body?
Stratisfied squamous
What kind of extracellular matrix underlies the basal surface of epithelia?
Basement membrane
Which surface of the cell is adjacent to neighbouring cells within a simple cuboidal epithelium?
Lateral cell surface
What is the rough size of an antibody molecule?
10nm
Which fixation method leaves blood cells within the blood vessels?
Immersion
What type of neurons are present in sensory ganglia?
Pseudo-unipolar
In which type of junction are the cell adhesion molecules connected to intermediate filaments/cytokeratins?
Desmosome
What type of neurons are present in sensory ganglia?
Pseudo-unipolar
Where is transitional epithelium found?
Lines the bladder, urethra and ureters
Where is stratisfied columnar epithelium found?
Male urethra and the ducts of some glands
Where is stratisfied cuboidal epithelium found?
Sweat glands
Salivary glands
Where is stratisifed squamous epithelium found?
Lines the oesophagus, mouth and vagina
Forms the epidermis of the skin
Where is pseudostratisfied columnar epithelium found?
Ciliated- trachea and much of the upper respiratory tract
Where is simple smooth columnar epithelium found?
Digestive tract, bladder
Where is simple columnar epithelium found?
Ciliated- bronchi, uterine tubes, uterus
Smooth- digestive tract, bladder
Where is simple ciliated columnar epithelium found?
Bronchi, uterine tubes, uterus
Where is simple cuboidal epithelium found?
In ducts and secretory portions of small glands and in kidney tubules
Where is simple squamous epithelium found?
Air sacs of lungs and lining of the heart, blood vessels and lymphatics vessels
Pacinian corpuscle
