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MCQs_278_General_Histology_2DD_Prof ( 1 to 100 )

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General Histology Mastery Quiz

Test your knowledge in the fascinating world of histology with our comprehensive quiz designed for students and professionals alike. This quiz covers essential topics related to cell structures, organelles, and their functions.

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1. Which of the following is NOT a membranous organelle?

σ� Ribosomes

σ� Lysosomes

σ� Peroxisomes

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Endoplasmic reticulum

2. Which organelle contains digestive enzymes?

σ� Lysosome

σ� Rough endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Golgi apparatus

σ� Mitochondria

3. Which organelle is considered the powerhouse of the cell?

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Rough endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Lysosome

σ� Golgi apparatus

4. What structure is at the base of cilia?

σ� Centrioles

σ� Ribosomes

σ� Peroxisome

σ� Microfilaments

σ� Nucleoli

5. Which of the following is NOT considered an inclusion?

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Pigment

σ� Glycogen

σ� Lipid

σ� Secretory granules

6. Collectively, what is the cytoplasm and nucleus called?

σ� Protoplasm

σ� Plasmalemma

σ� Glycocalyx

σ� Cristae

σ� Ground substance

7. What is the term for the general process that cells use to expunge material from the cell?

σ� Exocytosis

σ� Endocytosis

σ� Pinocytosis

σ� Phagocytosis

σ� Active transport

8. Which organelle sorts and packages proteins within a cell?

σ� Golgi apparatus

σ� Rough endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Lysosome

σ� Mitochondria

9. Which of the following is NOT a membranous organelle?

σ� Filaments

σ� Lysosomes

σ� Peroxisomes

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Endoplasmic reticulum

10. What are the folds on the inner mitochodrial membrane called?

σ� Cristae

σ� Plasmalemma

σ� Glycocalyx

σ� Protoplasm Ground substance

11. Which organelle is involved in lipid metabolism?

σ� Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Rough endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Lysosome

σ� Golgi apparatus

σ� Mitochondria

12. Which organelle contains detoxifying enzymes?

σ� Peroxisome

σ� Ribosomes

σ� Microfilaments

σ� Centrioles

σ� Nucleoli

13. Which of the following is NOT a membranous organelle?

σ� Microtubules

σ� Lysosomes

σ� Peroxisomes

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Endoplasmic reticulum

14. What is the limiting membrane of a cell?

σ� Plasmalemma

σ� Glycocalyx

σ� Protoplasm

σ� Cristae

σ� Ground substance

15. What is also called a low resistance junction?

σ� Gap junction

σ� Tight junction

σ� Junctional epithelium

σ� Junctional complex

σ� None of the above

16. Which of the following is an organelle?

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Pigment

σ� Glycogen

σ� Lipid

σ� Secretory granules

17. What is the term for the general process that cells use to bring things into the cell?

σ� Endocytosis

σ� Exocytosis

σ� Pinocytosis

σ� Phagocytosis

σ� Active transport

18. Which organelle produces protein for export?

σ� Rough endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Lysosome

σ� Golgi apparatus

σ� Mitochondria

19. Where are ribosomes constructed?

σ� Nucleoli

σ� Cytoskeleton

σ� Peroxisome

σ� Microfilaments

σ� Centrioles

20. What is the term for the process used by cells for the transport in of particulate matter?

σ� Phagocytosis

σ� Endocytosis

σ� Exocytosis

σ� Pinocytosis

σ� Active transport

21. What is another term for the cytoplasm outside of organelles?

σ� Ground substance

σ� Plasmalemma

σ� Glycocalyx

σ� Protoplasm

σ� Cristae

22. What is the a small clear space within a cell?

σ� Vacuole

σ� Space of Disse

σ� Space of Mall

σ� Lacuna

σ� Howship's lacuna

23. Which of the following is NOT a membranous organelle?

σ� Centrioles

σ� Lysosomes

σ� Peroxisomes

σ� Mitochondria

σ� Endoplasmic reticulum

24. What is the polysaccharide coating that is sometimes found on the cell membrane?

σ� Glycocalyx

σ� Plasmalemma

σ� Protoplasm

σ� Cristae

σ� Ground substance

25. What process is nicknamed "cell drinking"?

σ� Pinocytosis

σ� Endocytosis

σ� Exocytosis

σ� Phagocytosis

σ� Active transport

26. Which organelle is studded with ribosomes?

σ� Rough endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

σ� Lysosome

σ� Golgi apparatus

σ� Mitochondria

27. Where is the site of protein synthesis?

σ� Ribosomes

σ� Peroxisome

σ� Microfilaments

σ� Centrioles

σ� Nucleoli

28. What structure contributes to the cells cytoskeleton?

σ� Microfilaments

σ� Ribosomes

σ� Peroxisome

σ� Centrioles

σ� Nucleoli

29. Which of the following is NOT primarily composed of connective tissue?

σ� Myometrium

σ� Intervertebral disc

σ� Blood

σ� Bone

σ� Tendon

30. Which connective tissue cell type contains properties of smooth muscle cells?

σ� Myofibroblast

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Plasma cell

σ� Mast cell

31. Which cell is a connective tissue macrophage?

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Kupffer cells

σ� Dust cell

σ� Langerhans cell

σ� Microglia

32. Which of the following can be classified as "specialized connective tissue"?

σ� Blood

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Dense connective tissue

σ� Loose connective tissue

33. Which of the following can be classified as "embryonic connective tissue"?

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Cartilage

σ� Adipose tissue

σ� Bone

σ� Blood

34. What type of tissue makes up the dermis of the skin?

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense regular connective tissue

35. What type of adipose tissue tends to increase as humans age?

σ� White adipose tissue, Unilocular adipose tissue

σ� Brown adipose tissue

σ� White adipose tissue

σ� Unilocular adipose tissue

σ� Multilocular adipose tissue

36. Which of the following is NOT primarily composed of connective tissue?

σ� Heart

σ� Bone marrow

σ� Articular cartilage

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Fat

37. Which one of these cells is not a cell type routinely found in loose connective tissue?

σ� Microglia

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Plasma cell

σ� Mast cell

38. Which connective tissue cell is a tissue macrophage?

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Myofibroblast

σ� Plasma cell

σ� Mast cell

39. Which of the following can be classified as "specialized connective tissue"?

σ� Cartilage

σ� Loose connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Dense connective tissue

σ� Mucous connective tissue

40. Which of the following can be classified as "connective tissue proper"?

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

σ� Adipose tissue

σ� Bone

σ� Blood

σ� Cartilage

41. What type of tissue is Wharton's jelly?

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense regular connective tissue

42. What type of tissue is a tendon composed of?

σ� Dense regular connective tissue

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

43. What does connective tissue develop from?

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Mesothelium

σ� Mesangial cells

σ� Mesentery

σ� Wharton's jelly

44. What color do elastic fibers stain with Verhoeff Elastic stain?

σ� Blue/black

σ� Red/Orange

σ� Pink/red

σ� Green/blue

σ� Purple/Red

45. Which of the following is a component of the ground substance?

σ� All of the above

σ� Hyaluronic acid

σ� Proteoglycans

σ� Glycosaminoglycans

σ� Chondroitin sulfate

46. Which of the following is NOT primarily composed of connective tissue?

σ� Spinal cord

σ� Pubic symphysis

σ� Ligament

σ� Areolar tissue

σ� Organ capsule

47. Which connective tissue cell type produces the ground substance in connective tissue?

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Myofibroblast

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Plasma cell

σ� Mast cell

48. Which connective tissue cell is derived from B lymphocytes?

σ� Plasma cell

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Myofibroblast

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Mast cell

49. Which of the following can be classified as "specialized connective tissue"?

σ� Bone

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Dense connective tissue

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Loose connective tissue

50. Which of the following can be classified as "connective tissue proper"?

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Bone

σ� Blood

σ� Adipose tissue

σ� Cartilage

51. What type of connective tissue is an undifferentiated tissue found in the embryo?

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense regular connective tissue

52. What type of tissue is a ligament composed of?

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense regular connective tissue

53. Which of the following is not associated with connective tissue?

σ� Tightly packed cells

σ� Extracellular fibers

σ� Tissue fluid

σ� Ground substance

σ� None of the above; all of the above are seen with connective tissue

54. Which of the following would be best suited to visualize lipid?

σ� Sudan stain

σ� Hematoxylin and eosin stain

σ� Wright's stain

σ� Silver impregnation

σ� Masson's trichrome stain

55. A beauty treatment for the reduction of wrinkles is the injection of hyaluronic acid into the wrinkle. What is hyaluronic acid?

σ� Glycosaminoglycan

σ� Dermatan sulfate

σ� Proteoglycan

σ� Chondroitin sulfate

σ� Keratan sulfate

56. Which is the most abundant fiber in connective tissue?

σ� Collagen fiber

σ� Elastic fiber

σ� Reticular fiber

σ� Purkinje fiber

σ� Muscle fibers

57. Which connective tissue cell type produces collagen?

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Connective tissue macrophage

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Plasma cell

σ� Mast cell

58. Which connective tissue cell type secretes histamine?

σ� Mast cell

σ� Fibroblast

σ� Myofibroblast

σ� Histiocyte

σ� Plasma cell

59. Which of the following can be classified as "specialized connective tissue"?

σ� Adipose tissue

σ� Loose connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Dense connective tissue

60. Which of the following can be classified as "embryonic connective tissue"?

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Adipose tissue

σ� Bone

σ� Blood

σ� Cartilage

61. What is areolar tissue?

σ� Loose irregular connective tissue

σ� Mucous connective tissue

σ� Mesenchyme

σ� Dense irregular connective tissue

σ� Dense regular connective tissue

62. What type of adipose tissue tends to decrease as humans age?

σ� Brown adipose tissue and Multilocular adipose tissue

σ� Brown adipose tissue

σ� White adipose tissue

σ� Unilocular adipose tissue

σ� Multilocular adipose tissue

63. What type of tissue lines the bladder?

σ� Transitional epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

64. What type of tissue lines most ducts?

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

65. What type of epithelium is associated with goblet cells?

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Pseudostratified epithelium

66. What type of epithelial cells are as tall as they are wide?

σ� Cuboidal

σ� Simple

σ� Stratified

σ� Squamous

σ� Columnar

67. What do you call the simple squamous epithelium that lines the blood vessels?

σ� Endothelium

σ� Epithelioid tissue

σ� Mesothelium

σ� Transitional

σ� Pseudostratified

68. What cell type makes up the mucosa of the gallbladder?

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

69. Which of the following is lined by a serosa?

σ� Peritoneal cavity

σ� Genitourinary tract

σ� Respiratory tract

σ� Alimentary canal

σ� All of the above are lined by a serosa

70. What type of gland secretes its product through a duct or tube?

σ� Exocrine gland

σ� Endocrine gland

σ� Multicellular gland

σ� All of the above

σ� None of the above

71. What is a gland called if the secretory portion is flask shaped?

σ� Alveolar

σ� Simple gland

σ� Compound gland

σ� Tubular

σ� Tubuloalveolar

72. What forms the brush border?

σ� Microvilli

σ� Stereocilia

σ� Cilia

σ� Keratinization

σ� Microvilli, Stereocilia

73. What type of epithelium lines the trachea?

σ� Pseudostratified epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

74. What type of tissue lines blood vessels?

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

75. What type of epithelium is more than one layer thick?

σ� Stratified

σ� Cuboidal

σ� Columnar

76. What do you call a tissue composed of a conglomeration of cells which are tightly packed together, yet which does not have a free surface? An example of such a tissue would be the parenchyma of the adrenal gland.

σ� Epithelioid tissue

σ� Mesothelium

σ� Endothelium

σ� Transitional

σ� Pseudostratified

77. What type of epithelium appears stratified, but is not?

σ� Pseudostratified

σ� Epithelioid tissue

σ� Mesothelium

σ� Endothelium

σ� Transitional

78. Which of the following is lined by a mucosa?

σ� Alimentary canal

σ� Peritoneal cavity

σ� Pericardial cavity

σ� Pleural cavity

σ� All of the above are lined by a mucosa

79. What type of gland secretes its product directly into the bloodstream?

σ� Endocrine gland

σ� Multicellular gland

σ� Exocrine gland

σ� All of the above

σ� None of the above

80. What is a gland called if it has an unbranched duct?

σ� Simple gland

σ� Compound gland

σ� Tubular

σ� Alveolar

σ� Tubuloalveolar

81. What is a gland called if the secretory portion is tube shaped ending in a flask shaped area at the terminus?

σ� Tubuloalveolar

σ� Simple gland

σ� Compound gland

σ� Tubular

σ� Alveolar

82. What is the surface modification seen on the cells of the epididymis?

σ� Stereocilia

σ� Microvilli

σ� Cilia

σ� Keratinization

σ� Microvilli, Stereocilia

83. What type of epithelium forms the epidermis?

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Pseudostratified epithelium

84. What type of tissue lines most of the gastrointestinal tract?

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

85. What type of tissue forms the alveoli in the lung?

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Pseudostratified epithelium

86. What type of epithelium is composed of flat cells?

σ� Squamous

σ� Simple

σ� Stratified

σ� Cuboidal

σ� Columnar

87. Which germ layer(s) form epithelial tissue?

σ� ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm

σ� ectoderm and endoderm only

σ� mesoderm only

σ� ectoderm only

σ� endoderm only

88. What do you call the simple squamous epithelium that lines the abdominal cavity?

σ� Mesothelium

σ� Epithelioid tissue

σ� Endothelium

σ� Transitional

σ� Pseudostratified

89. What type of epithelium is composed of cells which all touch the basement membrane and is only one cell layer thick?

σ� None of the above

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

σ� Stratified cuboidal epithelium

90. Which of the following is NOT lined by a mucosa?

σ� Pericardial cavity

σ� Genitourinary tract

σ� Respiratory tract

σ� Alimentary canal

σ� All of the above are lined by a mucosa

91. What is a gland called if it has an branched duct?

σ� Compound gland

σ� Simple gland

σ� Tubular

σ� Alveolar

σ� Tubuloalveolar

92. What are finger like projections on the surface of some cells called?

σ� Microvilli

σ� Stereocilia

σ� Cilia

σ� Keratinization

σ� Microvilli and Stereocilia

93. What cell surface modification is made of microtubules?

σ� Cilia

σ� Microvilli

σ� Stereocilia

σ� Keratinization

σ� Microvilli and Stereocilia

94. What type of tissue composes the kidney tubules?

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

95. What type of tissue lines the esophagus?

σ� Stratified squamous epithelium

σ� Simple squamous epithelium

σ� Simple cuboidal epithelium

σ� Simple columnar epithelium

σ� Transitional epithelium

96. What type of epithelium is one cell layer thick?

σ� Simple

σ� Stratified

σ� Squamous

σ� Cuboidal

σ� Columnar

97. What type of epithelial cells are taller than they are wide?

σ� Columnar

σ� Simple

σ� Stratified

σ� Squamous

σ� Cuboidal

98. What type of epithelium has dome shaped cells on the apical surface?

σ� Transitional

σ� Epithelioid tissue

σ� Mesothelium

σ� Endothelium

σ� Pseudostratified

99. Which of the following is NOT lined by a serosa?

σ� Respiratory tract

σ� Peritoneal cavity

σ� Pericardial cavity

σ� Pleural cavity

σ� All of the above are lined by a serosa

100. What forms the striated border?

σ� Microvilli

σ� Stereocilia

σ� Cilia

σ� Keratinization

σ� Microvilli and Stereocilia

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