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b. Bones grow in length even years after birth - ANSWERS-
With respect to "bone growth", which of the following
statements is correct?
d. The canals of Havers contain blood vessels and nerve
fibres - ANSWERS-With respect to "osteons", which of the
following statements is correct?
c. belongs to the same primary tissue as blood - ANSWERS-
With respect to "cartilage", which of the following
statements is correct?
Cartilage
d. To help distinguish some parts of the specimen from
surrounding regions - ANSWERS-1) Stains are used primarily
for what purpose in microscopy?
,c. The minimum distance over which two objects can be
distinguished from a single object - ANSWERS-2) Resolution
is defined as:
d. nuclei and rough endoplasmic reticulum - ANSWERS-3)
Haematoxylin is widely used as a histological stain. What
structures does it tend to bind to and stain most intensely?
b. a fluid phospholipid bilayer with numerous proteins
"floating" in it - ANSWERS-4) The plasmalemma is:
a. collagen, elastin and reticulin - ANSWERS-5) The three
major types of fibres in connective tissue are:
e. they are round nuclei, usually in the middle of fibres,
often surrounded by other organelles such as mitochondria,
glyogen granules - ANSWERS-6) Cardiac myocytes (heart
muscle cells) have nuclei that distinguish them from those
of smooth and striated muscle. Which of the following best
describes the nuclei of cardiac myocytes
,b. myoepithelial cell - ANSWERS-7) Which of the following
types of cells is capable of contracting by itself to produce
force on another cells, in a physiological role in the body?
c. they consist of several layers of squamous cells -
ANSWERS-8) Which of the following is FALSE about simple
squamous epithelia
the cells on the luminal surface of the bladder epithelium
are columnar in shape - ANSWERS-9) Which of the following
is not true about the bladder epithelium?
a. Schwann cells - ANSWERS-10) The cells that "insulate"
nerve cell axons outside the central nervous system, and
which cause their action potentials to propagate more
rapidly than would otherwise be the case are called:
e. The whole small intestine (duodenum, jejunum and
ileum) - ANSWERS-11) Which region of gut is characterised
by the presence of villi?
b. Goblet cells - ANSWERS-12) Which of the following types
of cell produces an exocrine secretion?
, e. Mast cells - ANSWERS-13) What are the main types of
immune cells found in lymphoid tissue in the gut wall (ie:
gut-associated lymphoid tissue or GALT)?
b. oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon - ANSWERS-
14) Starting at the end nearest the mouth (proximal) and
progressing distally, which is the correct order of organs of
the gastrointestinal tract:
d. Simple columnar epithelium - ANSWERS-15) Which type
of epithelium forms the mucosal lining of the upper
stomach?
a. 20-30µm - ANSWERS-16) Hepatocytes make up 80% of
the cells in the liver. They are quite large cells with (on
average) a diameter of:
b. Bicarbonate-rich mucous - ANSWERS-17) What is the
major secretion from Brunner's glands?
the hepatic vein - ANSWERS-18) From liver lobules, the
central veins eventually join together to form which
structure?