Histology past paper 1

Dust cells are:

• Type I pneumocytes

• Type II pneumocytes

• Alveolar macrophages

• Basophils

Mark the false statement about the thymic cortex:

• Contains many immature T lymphocytes

• Has a dense population of lymphocytes

• Contains epithelial reticular cells

• Hassall’s corpuscles are present

Name the walls of the bladder from internal to external:

• Urothelium, lamina propria, submucosa, muscle layers, adventitia/serosa

• Lamina propria, urothelium, submucosa, muscularis, adventitia

• Urothelium, lamina propria, submucosa, 3 smooth muscle layers, adventitia/serosa

• Transitional epithelium, mucosa, muscularis, serosa

The epithelial lining of the ureter is:

• Stratified squamous

• Simple cuboidal

• Transitional epithelium

• Pseudostratified columnar

Mark the false statement regarding type I pneumocytes:

• Cover about 95% of alveolar surface

• Facilitate gas exchange

• They produce surfactant

• Are squamous cells

The pleural cavity is lined by:

• Transitional epithelium

• Simple cuboidal cells

• Mesothelium (serosa)

• Respiratory epithelium

Podocytes:

• Are located in distal tubule

• Are smooth muscle-like cells

• Have primary and secondary processes

• Are part of collecting ducts

Which prickle cell layer of the epidermis has lots of keratin and desmosomes:

• Stratum corneum

• Stratum basale

• Stratum spinosum

• Stratum lucidum

Gastric intrinsic factor is secreted by what type of cell:

• Chief cells

• Parietal cells (eosinophilic cytoplasm)

• G cells

• Mucous neck cells

Mark the false statement about keratinocytes:

• Are renewed through meiotic division of progenitor cells in basal layer

• Are the most abundant cells in the epidermis

• Are capable of cytostructural changes

• Receive nutrients via diffusion from dermis