Histology Video Follow-up Questions

Imagine you are studying a sample of tissue under a microscope in a biology lab. You identify it as adipose tissue. What major feature led you to this conclusion?

• Large whitish cells filled with adipocytes

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Tree ring-like structures

• Tall columnar cells

You are a doctor examining a patient's blood sample under a microscope. Which cells would you find to be the major component of the blood tissue?

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

• Platelets

• All of the above

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Imagine you are a carpenter examining a piece of wood. What would give this wood, which is actually dense regular connective tissue, a wood grain appearance?

• Collagen fibers running in one direction

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Tall columnar cells

• Tree ring-like structures

You are a medical student studying different types of cartilage. You come across hyaline cartilage under the microscope. What is its major feature?

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Large whitish cells filled with adipocytes

• Tree ring-like structures

• Tall columnar cells

Imagine you are studying the tissue of a human respiratory tract under a microscope. What would be the major feature of the pseudostratified columnar epithelium you observe?

• Cilia on the surface of the cells

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Tree ring-like structures

• Tall columnar cells

You are studying the human body in your biology class. Your teacher asks, 'In which part of the body would you find dense irregular connective tissue?'

• Skin

• Tendons

• Ligaments

• All of the above

Imagine you are studying the structure of a dinosaur bone in a museum. What major feature would you observe in the bone tissue?

• Tree ring-like structures

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Tall columnar cells

• Large whitish cells filled with adipocytes

Imagine you are studying a piece of bone under a microscope. You realize it's a spongy bone. What would be its major feature?

• Spicules of hardened bone matrix

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Tall columnar cells

• Large whitish cells filled with adipocytes

Imagine you are studying the structure of different types of cartilage in a biology class. Your professor asks, 'What is the major feature of fibrocartilage?'

• Fibers going in a specific direction

• Smooth appearance of the extracellular matrix

• Tall columnar cells

• Tree ring-like structures

Imagine you are studying a tissue sample under a microscope. You notice that the tissue is made up of tall columnar cells in a row. What type of epithelium are you likely observing?

• Simple columnar epithelium

• stratified columnar

• Simple cubodial

• stratified cubodial