Histology

Question 1

What histological description matches the cells that line the bronchioles?

Answer 1

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium and very few goblet cells. No cartilage. Lamina propria of smooth muscle and elastic and collagenous fibres

Question 2

What histological description matches the cells that line the oropharynx?

Answer 2

Non-keratinised stratified squamous epithelium

Question 3

What histological description matches the cells that line the nasal cavity?

Answer 3

Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium

Question 4

Histologically, describe olfactory epithelial cells

Answer 4

Specialised cells in the nasal cavity involved in smell and taste

Question 5

Histologically, describe Type I pneumoytes

Answer 5

Squamous epithelial cells found in the alveolar sac

Question 6

What type of cells are those that make up the pulmonary capillaries which contribute to the blood-air barrier?

Answer 6

Endothelial cells