Histology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: dermis

Answer: mesoderm

Flashcard 2: What organelles are stained with Nissl substance?

Answer: RER

Flashcard 3: What type of cytoskeletal element is most associated with cell structure?

Answer: intermediate filaments

Flashcard 4: Which layer of the epidermis is the regenerative (stem cell) layer? _____

Answer: Stratum basalis

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Flashcard 5: In which layer of sun-exposed skin is cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) formed? _____

Answer: Stratum basale

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Flashcard 6: Which layer of the epidermis is characterized by desmosomes between keratinocytes? _____

Answer: Stratum spinosum

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Flashcard 7: Which anterior pituitary hormones are basophilic on histological preparation? _____

Answer: FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH

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Flashcard 8: What cellular organelle is the site of synthesis/storage of melanin? _____

Answer: Melanosomes

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Flashcard 9: The innermost layer of the arterial wall is the _____, which consists of endothelial cells on a basement membrane

Answer: intima

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Flashcard 10: What form of chromatin appears darker on EM? _____

Answer: Heterochromatin

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