Histology — Flashcards

Flashcard 201: Hemidesmosomal plaque components include _____/BP230 and plectin.

Answer: BPAg1

Flashcard 202: Keratin filaments present in Stratum granulosum layer are _____

Answer: K2/K11

Flashcard 203: Reticular dermis is made up of dense _____regular connective tissue

Answer: ir

Flashcard 204: Meissner corpuscle is found at the _____

Answer: dermal papillae

Flashcard 205: Type _____ pneumocytes are rounded secretory cells

Answer: II

Flashcard 206: 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 207: The excretory duct of pancreas are _____ columnar

Answer: simple

Flashcard 208: Type _____ collagen is the major component of anchoring fibrils of the dermo-epidermal junction.

Answer: VII

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

Answer: Fibrocartilage

Flashcard 210: What type of cells are seen in the cervix from 2 weeks of birth until puberty?_____

Answer: Parabasal cells