HISTOLOGY NBME EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

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QUESTION 1



characteristics of terminal bronchioles - ANSWERS-Clara cells (secrete mucous
and are non-ciliated)



QUESTION 2



Asthma mucous source is where - ANSWERS-tertiary bronchi



QUESTION 3



mucus is stained with what - ANSWERS-PAS (periodic acid shift) stain



QUESTION 4



less active muscles have... - ANSWERS-increased activity of succinic
dehydrogenase




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QUESTION 5



defects of kinesin - ANSWERS-fast axonal transport



QUESTION 6



rigor mortis - ANSWERS-decrease of calcium with the myofibrils



QUESTION 7



blood testis barrier - ANSWERS-Sertoli cells (associated with tight junctions)



QUESTION 8



chronic administration of glucocorticoids causes a decreased thickness of what -
ANSWERS-zona fasiculata

(G -M)

(F- G)

(R- S)

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QUESTION 9



placental barrier - ANSWERS-made up of fibroblasts and mesenchymal cells of
the chorionic villi



QUESTION 10



diversion of blood away from the capillaries - ANSWERS-arteriovenous shunt



QUESTION 11



most likely site of primary squamous cell carcinoma - ANSWERS-rectum



QUESTION 12



epithelial lining of sweat gland duct - ANSWERS-stratified cuboidal



QUESTION 13



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