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Question 1

Emphysema is characterized by overdistention and destruction of which of the following
structures?



Trachea

Bronchi

Bronchioles

Terminal bronchioles

Alveolar ducts

CORRECT ANSWER

alveolar ducts




Question 2

Intercellular passage of ions from the luminal surface of the intestines to the lamina
propria is prevented by the presence of ?



Desmosomes

Belt desmosomes

Hemidesmosomes

Gap junctions

Tight junctions/zonula occludens

CORRECT ANSWER

Tight junctions/ Zonula occludens

1

, Water is prevented from passing through the epithelial cells because of the zonula
occludens. They are sealants in between the surface of cells except in the sertoli cells.




Question 3

A diurnally secreted biogenic amine synthesized in pinealocytes is?



Dopamine

Epinephrine

Norepinephrine

Melatonin

Serotonin

CORRECT ANSWER

melatonin




Question 4

In the renal cortex, the labyrinth of the capillaries that carry resorbed glucose out of the
kidney arises directly from?



Afferent arterioles

Arcuate arteries

Capsular plexus

Efferent arterioles

Interlobular arteries

CORRECT ANSWER

efferent arterioles


2

, The proximal convoluted tubules carry reabsorbed glucose out of the kidney and the
glucose is reabsorbed in the vasa recta which is connected directly from efferent
arterioles




Question 5

Proliferation of uterine endometrium depends on?

Cortisol

Estrogen

Luteinizing hormone

Progesterone

Prolactin

CORRECT ANSWER

Estrogen



Menses, proliferative phase- estrogen, secretory phase- progesterone




Question 6

What stimulates the Secretory phase?
CORRECT ANSWER

Progesterone




Question 7

Which of the following cell types are found exclusively in the basal compartment of
seminiferous tubules?


3

, Primary spermatocytes

Secondary spermatocytes

spermatids

Spermatogonia

Spermatozoa

CORRECT ANSWER

Spermatogonia



Sertoli cells, tight junctions, spermatogonia- only cells found in the basal compartment

Everything else is in the adluminal compartment




Question 8

A suitable marker for determining that cells have differentiated into epidermal epithelial
tissue is expression of?



Desmin

Keratin

Vimentin

Histone H variant
CORRECT ANSWER

Keratin



Intermediate filaments associated with your epithelial cells is always keratin

Desmin and vimentin are always associated with your muscle tissues




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