HISTOLOGY NBME STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ intercellular junction type in the intestines. Answer: tight junctions
◉ emphysema in what part of the lung. Answer: alveolar duct
◉ Norepi causes the production of melatonin in what location by
stimulating cAMP production. Answer: pinealocytes
◉ nuclear protamines are synthesized where. Answer: (late stage)
spermatids
◉ a protein translated on a ribosome is directed to the ER because why?.
Answer: a hydrophobic signal sequence is encoded into the protein at its
amino terminus
◉ what causes the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. Answer:
estrogen
◉ cells in the basal compartment making up the blood testis (formed by
Sertoli cells) effectively separate what. Answer: spermatogonium
,◉ three types of cells in the testis. Answer: gamete forming cells:
spermatogonia
supporting cells: Sertoli cells
hormone secreting cells: Leydig cells
◉ seminiferous tubules are the site for what. Answer: germination,
maturation, and transportation of sperm
◉ epidermal epithelial tissue contains what. Answer: keratin
◉ changes in the cellular DNA that occurs in the spermatogenesis.
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. Answer: exocytosis of constitutively secreted protein
◉ a patient overdoses on barbiturates.. what part of the cell will have an
abundance. Answer: SER (liver)
◉ during the final stage of secretory glycoprotein formation, before
exocytosis, glycoproteins are found in what?. Answer: trans Golgi
complex
◉ Movement of cilia is mediated by. Answer: dynein arm
◉ long straight endomentrial glands with narrow lumens. Answer: -
proliferative phase
-diminished activity of granulosa lutein cells in the ovary
◉ differentiation of promyelocytes into neutrophil myelocytes have an
abundance of what. Answer: specific granules
◉ communication between cells. Answer: gap junctions
◉ fenestrated capillaries are found where. Answer: thyroid gland
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ intercellular junction type in the intestines. Answer: tight junctions
◉ emphysema in what part of the lung. Answer: alveolar duct
◉ Norepi causes the production of melatonin in what location by
stimulating cAMP production. Answer: pinealocytes
◉ nuclear protamines are synthesized where. Answer: (late stage)
spermatids
◉ a protein translated on a ribosome is directed to the ER because why?.
Answer: a hydrophobic signal sequence is encoded into the protein at its
amino terminus
◉ what causes the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. Answer:
estrogen
◉ cells in the basal compartment making up the blood testis (formed by
Sertoli cells) effectively separate what. Answer: spermatogonium
,◉ three types of cells in the testis. Answer: gamete forming cells:
spermatogonia
supporting cells: Sertoli cells
hormone secreting cells: Leydig cells
◉ seminiferous tubules are the site for what. Answer: germination,
maturation, and transportation of sperm
◉ epidermal epithelial tissue contains what. Answer: keratin
◉ changes in the cellular DNA that occurs in the spermatogenesis.
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. Answer: exocytosis of constitutively secreted protein
◉ a patient overdoses on barbiturates.. what part of the cell will have an
abundance. Answer: SER (liver)
◉ during the final stage of secretory glycoprotein formation, before
exocytosis, glycoproteins are found in what?. Answer: trans Golgi
complex
◉ Movement of cilia is mediated by. Answer: dynein arm
◉ long straight endomentrial glands with narrow lumens. Answer: -
proliferative phase
-diminished activity of granulosa lutein cells in the ovary
◉ differentiation of promyelocytes into neutrophil myelocytes have an
abundance of what. Answer: specific granules
◉ communication between cells. Answer: gap junctions
◉ fenestrated capillaries are found where. Answer: thyroid gland
