HISTOLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
EXAM 1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What type of epithelium lines the trachea? - Correct Answers -Pseudostratified
epithelium
What type of tissue lines the blood vessels? - Correct Answers -simple squamous
epithelium
what type of epithelium is more than one layer thick? - Correct Answers -stratified
What do you call a tissue composed of a conglomeration of cells which are tightly
packed together, yet which does not have a free surface? An example of such a tissue
would be the parenchyma of the adrenal gland. - Correct Answers -epithelioid tissue
Which of the following is lined by a mucosa?
a) Peritoneal Cavity
b) Pericardial Cavity
c) Pleural Cavity
d) Alimentary cavity
e) All of the above - Correct Answers -Alimentary cavity. The rest are lined by serosa
What type of gland secretes its products directly into the bloodstream? - Correct
Answers -endocrine gland
What is a gland called if it has an unbranched duct? - Correct Answers -simple gland
What type of epithelium appears stratified, but is not? - Correct Answers -
pseudostratified
What is a gland called if the secretory portion is tube shaped ending in a flask shaped
area at the terminus? - Correct Answers -tubuloalveolar
What is the surface modification seen on the cells of the epididymis? - Correct Answers
-stereocilia
What type of epithelium forms the epidermis? - Correct Answers -stratified squamous
epithelium
EXAM 1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What type of epithelium lines the trachea? - Correct Answers -Pseudostratified
epithelium
What type of tissue lines the blood vessels? - Correct Answers -simple squamous
epithelium
what type of epithelium is more than one layer thick? - Correct Answers -stratified
What do you call a tissue composed of a conglomeration of cells which are tightly
packed together, yet which does not have a free surface? An example of such a tissue
would be the parenchyma of the adrenal gland. - Correct Answers -epithelioid tissue
Which of the following is lined by a mucosa?
a) Peritoneal Cavity
b) Pericardial Cavity
c) Pleural Cavity
d) Alimentary cavity
e) All of the above - Correct Answers -Alimentary cavity. The rest are lined by serosa
What type of gland secretes its products directly into the bloodstream? - Correct
Answers -endocrine gland
What is a gland called if it has an unbranched duct? - Correct Answers -simple gland
What type of epithelium appears stratified, but is not? - Correct Answers -
pseudostratified
What is a gland called if the secretory portion is tube shaped ending in a flask shaped
area at the terminus? - Correct Answers -tubuloalveolar
What is the surface modification seen on the cells of the epididymis? - Correct Answers
-stereocilia
What type of epithelium forms the epidermis? - Correct Answers -stratified squamous
epithelium