Histology — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: All three parts of the small intestine contain _____ and microvilli, which increase absorptive surface area

Answer: villi

Flashcard 32: The ducts of the prostate follicles are lined by bilayered epithelium (basal _____ and apical columnar).

Answer: cuboidal

Flashcard 33: _____ root sheath of hair includes cuticle, inner Huxley's layer and outer Henle's layer.

Answer: Inner

Flashcard 34: _____ spots are sebaceous glands without hair follicles and these are holocrine glands

Answer: Fordyce

Flashcard 35: The term _____ refers to collagen fibers and gelatinous matrix (unmineralized bone matrix)

Answer: osteoid

Flashcard 36: Type _____ pneumocytes are squamous cells; thin for optimal gas diffusion

Answer: I

Flashcard 37: _____ cross section of hair is found in Caucasian race.

Answer: Oval or Ovoid

Extra: Hair cross-sections by race: - **Mongoloid (Asian):** Round - **Caucasoid (Caucasian):** Oval or Ovoid - **Negroid (African):** Flat or Elliptical/Kidney-shaped

Flashcard 38: Cardiac valves contain a layer rich in elastin called _____ or ventricularis depending on which chamber it faces, in the inflow surface

Answer: atrialis

Flashcard 39: Mammary glands, ceruminous glands and glands of _____ are what type of exocrine gland?Apocrine

Answer: Moll

Flashcard 40: Both the _____ and meningeal layers of dura mater contain fibroblasts

Answer: endosteal