Histology — Flashcards

Flashcard 201: Keratin filaments present in Stratum granulosum layer are _____

Answer: K2/K11

Flashcard 202: Reticular dermis is made up of dense _____regular connective tissue

Answer: ir

Flashcard 203: What kind of epithelium is found in the sweat glands, salivary glands and the mammary glands?_____

Answer: Stratified cuboidal

Flashcard 204: Which cells, located at the base of the intestinal crypts, serve as the stem cells?

Answer: Crypt base columnar (CBC) cells

Extra: Intestinal stem cells (often identified as Lgr5+ CBC cells) are located at the base of the crypts of Lieberkühn, interspersed between Paneth cells. Paneth cells provide the niche environment (secreting Wnt, EGF, and Notch ligands) necessary for stem cell maintenance.

Flashcard 205: Meissner corpuscle is found at the _____

Answer: dermal papillae

Flashcard 206: What type of cells are seen in the cervix from 2 weeks of birth until puberty?_____

Answer: Parabasal cells

Flashcard 207: Type _____ collagen is the major component of anchoring fibrils of the dermo-epidermal junction.

Answer: VII

Flashcard 208: The excretory duct of pancreas are _____ columnar

Answer: simple

Flashcard 209: What type of cartilage is present in the articular discs?_____

Answer: Fibrocartilage

Flashcard 210: Type _____ pneumocytes are rounded secretory cells

Answer: II