JUNQUEIRA'S BASIC HISTOLOGY
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Four Basic Types of Tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Epithelial, Connective,
Muscular, Nervous
Parenchyma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Composed of cells responsible for the
organ's specialized functions
Stroma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Cells which have a supporting role in an
organ; always connective tissue (except in the brain and spinal chord)
Principal functions of epithelial cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Covering, lining,
and protecting surfaces; absorption; secretion
Shapes of epithelial cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Columnar, cuboidal,
squamous
Lamina propria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The connective tissue that underlies
the epithelia lining the organs of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary systems
Papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Evaginations that increase the area of
contact between the epithelium and connective tissue
Basement membrane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -A specialized, felt like sheet of
extracellular material between the basal surface of an epithelium cell and the connective
tissue
Two components of the basement membrane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Basal
lamina and Reticular lamina
Apocrine secretion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Product accumulates at the cells'
apical ends, portions of which are then extruded to release the product together with a
bit of cytoplasm and plasma membrane
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Four Basic Types of Tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Epithelial, Connective,
Muscular, Nervous
Parenchyma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Composed of cells responsible for the
organ's specialized functions
Stroma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Cells which have a supporting role in an
organ; always connective tissue (except in the brain and spinal chord)
Principal functions of epithelial cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Covering, lining,
and protecting surfaces; absorption; secretion
Shapes of epithelial cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Columnar, cuboidal,
squamous
Lamina propria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The connective tissue that underlies
the epithelia lining the organs of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary systems
Papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Evaginations that increase the area of
contact between the epithelium and connective tissue
Basement membrane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -A specialized, felt like sheet of
extracellular material between the basal surface of an epithelium cell and the connective
tissue
Two components of the basement membrane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Basal
lamina and Reticular lamina
Apocrine secretion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Product accumulates at the cells'
apical ends, portions of which are then extruded to release the product together with a
bit of cytoplasm and plasma membrane