HISTOLOGY NBME COMPREHENSIVE | Question
and Answer | 2026/2027 Latest Review Pack |
• intercellular junction type in the intestines . CORRECT ANSWER: tight junctions
• emphysema in what part of the lung . CORRECT ANSWER: alveolar duct
• Norepi causes the production of melatonin in what location by stimulating cAMP
production . CORRECT ANSWER: pinealocytes
• nuclear protamines are synthesized where . CORRECT ANSWER: (late stage)
spermatids
• a protein translated on a ribosome is directed to the ER because why? . CORRECT
ANSWER: a hydrophobic signal sequence is encoded into the protein at its amino
terminus
• what causes the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle . CORRECT ANSWER:
estrogen
• cells in the basal compartment making up the blood testis (formed by Sertoli cells)
effectively separate what . CORRECT ANSWER: spermatogonium
• three types of cells in the testis . CORRECT ANSWER: gamete forming cells:
spermatogonia
supporting cells: Sertoli cells
hormone secreting cells: Leydig cells
• seminiferous tubules are the site for what . CORRECT ANSWER: germination,
maturation, and transportation of sperm
• epidermal epithelial tissue contains what . CORRECT ANSWER: keratin
• changes in the cellular DNA that occurs in the spermatogenesis . CORRECT
ANSWER: spermatogonia (2N)
~mitosis~
primary spermatocyte (2N)
~meiosis I~
secondary spermatocyte (N)
~meiosis II~
spermatid (N)
~differentiation~
spermatozoa
, • direct signal transduction event that follows binding of growth factor to its receptor .
CORRECT ANSWER: exocytosis of constitutively secreted protein
• a patient overdoses on barbiturates.. what part of the cell will have an abundance .
CORRECT ANSWER: SER (liver)
• during the final stage of secretory glycoprotein formation, before exocytosis,
glycoproteins are found in what? . CORRECT ANSWER: trans Golgi complex
• Movement of cilia is mediated by . CORRECT ANSWER: dynein arm
• long straight endomentrial glands with narrow lumens . CORRECT ANSWER: -
proliferative phase
-diminished activity of granulosa lutein cells in the ovary
• differentiation of promyelocytes into neutrophil myelocytes have an abundance of what
. CORRECT ANSWER: specific granules
• communication between cells . CORRECT ANSWER: gap junctions
• fenestrated capillaries are found where . CORRECT ANSWER: thyroid gland
• continuous capillaries are found where . CORRECT ANSWER: -CNS
-lung
-muscle
-thymus
• hyperchromatic nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm . CORRECT ANSWER:
orthochromatic erthyroblast
• differences in the capillaries in the brain and in the gut . CORRECT ANSWER: brain
does not have fenestrated capillaries in the endothelial cell membrane
• skeletal muscle receptor, intrafusal muscle fibers contain what . CORRECT
ANSWER: stretch sensitive nerve endings
• spherocytosis . CORRECT ANSWER: spectrin and ankyrin deficiency
• anti-GFAP antibodies . CORRECT ANSWER: astrocytes
• graft vs. host rejection is mediated by . CORRECT ANSWER: lymphocytes
• cause of autosomal trisomy . CORRECT ANSWER: nondisjunction during oogenesis
• meiosis is completed in oocyte when . CORRECT ANSWER: sperm enters into the
secondary oocyte
and Answer | 2026/2027 Latest Review Pack |
• intercellular junction type in the intestines . CORRECT ANSWER: tight junctions
• emphysema in what part of the lung . CORRECT ANSWER: alveolar duct
• Norepi causes the production of melatonin in what location by stimulating cAMP
production . CORRECT ANSWER: pinealocytes
• nuclear protamines are synthesized where . CORRECT ANSWER: (late stage)
spermatids
• a protein translated on a ribosome is directed to the ER because why? . CORRECT
ANSWER: a hydrophobic signal sequence is encoded into the protein at its amino
terminus
• what causes the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle . CORRECT ANSWER:
estrogen
• cells in the basal compartment making up the blood testis (formed by Sertoli cells)
effectively separate what . CORRECT ANSWER: spermatogonium
• three types of cells in the testis . CORRECT ANSWER: gamete forming cells:
spermatogonia
supporting cells: Sertoli cells
hormone secreting cells: Leydig cells
• seminiferous tubules are the site for what . CORRECT ANSWER: germination,
maturation, and transportation of sperm
• epidermal epithelial tissue contains what . CORRECT ANSWER: keratin
• changes in the cellular DNA that occurs in the spermatogenesis . CORRECT
ANSWER: spermatogonia (2N)
~mitosis~
primary spermatocyte (2N)
~meiosis I~
secondary spermatocyte (N)
~meiosis II~
spermatid (N)
~differentiation~
spermatozoa
, • direct signal transduction event that follows binding of growth factor to its receptor .
CORRECT ANSWER: exocytosis of constitutively secreted protein
• a patient overdoses on barbiturates.. what part of the cell will have an abundance .
CORRECT ANSWER: SER (liver)
• during the final stage of secretory glycoprotein formation, before exocytosis,
glycoproteins are found in what? . CORRECT ANSWER: trans Golgi complex
• Movement of cilia is mediated by . CORRECT ANSWER: dynein arm
• long straight endomentrial glands with narrow lumens . CORRECT ANSWER: -
proliferative phase
-diminished activity of granulosa lutein cells in the ovary
• differentiation of promyelocytes into neutrophil myelocytes have an abundance of what
. CORRECT ANSWER: specific granules
• communication between cells . CORRECT ANSWER: gap junctions
• fenestrated capillaries are found where . CORRECT ANSWER: thyroid gland
• continuous capillaries are found where . CORRECT ANSWER: -CNS
-lung
-muscle
-thymus
• hyperchromatic nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm . CORRECT ANSWER:
orthochromatic erthyroblast
• differences in the capillaries in the brain and in the gut . CORRECT ANSWER: brain
does not have fenestrated capillaries in the endothelial cell membrane
• skeletal muscle receptor, intrafusal muscle fibers contain what . CORRECT
ANSWER: stretch sensitive nerve endings
• spherocytosis . CORRECT ANSWER: spectrin and ankyrin deficiency
• anti-GFAP antibodies . CORRECT ANSWER: astrocytes
• graft vs. host rejection is mediated by . CORRECT ANSWER: lymphocytes
• cause of autosomal trisomy . CORRECT ANSWER: nondisjunction during oogenesis
• meiosis is completed in oocyte when . CORRECT ANSWER: sperm enters into the
secondary oocyte
