1.

Which answer

is WRONG regarding the cell membrane?

a. Only peripheral membrane proteins are associated with the lipid bilayer
b. Measures 8-10 nm in width
c. The glycocalyx coat is present in the external leaflet of the cell membrane
d. The cell membrane is selectively permeable
e. It has special receptors for antigen recognition and immunological mechanisms
2. True or False: Mammalian erythrocytes contain a nucleus.
3. Which answer is WRONG regarding euchromatin?
a. Abundant in inactive cells
b. stains lightly
c. are uniformly dispersed
4. True or False: The nucleolus is involved in the synthesis of rRNA and its packaging into
precursor of ribosomes.
5. Ribosomes
a. are located inside the nucleus
b. occur either singly or in groups called polyribosomes or polysomes
c. are found only in mammalian erythrocytes
d. are responsible for DNA synthesis
6. Where does hormone synthesis occur?
a. Golgi apparatus
b. lysosome
c. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
d. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
7. Which of the following is NOT a function of the golgi complex?
a. Accumulation, concentration, and packaging of secretory proteins into membrane
bound vesicles
b. Biosynthesis of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and neutral lipids
c. Phagocytosis
8. Which organelle is a membrane-bound vesicle that contains various hydrolytic enzymes
such as nucleases, proteases, and lipases and functions in phagocytosis?
a. ribosome
b. peroxisome
c. mitochondria
d. lysosome
9. Which is NOT true of peroxisomes?
a. They are small membrane bound organelles containing oxidase and catalase
enzymes.
b. They synthesize and destroy hydrogen peroxide
c. They detoxify certain substances and play a role in gluconeogenesis
d. All of the above are correct.
10. Pick the WRONG statement regarding mitochondria.
a. Stain with Janus Green B in living cells
b. Are the main source of energy for the cell
c. The mitochondrial matrix contains RNA
d. The inner membrane contains enzymes that function in oxidative phosphorylation.
11. Which of the following is NOT a part of the cytoskeleton?
a. microfilaments
b. macrofilaments
c.intermediate filaments
d.microtubules
12. Which is NOT a function of microfilaments?
a. endocytosis
b. cell division

c. exocytosis
d. cell migratory activity
13. Which is NOT a characteristic of the intermediate filament?
a. they are composed of actin and myosin filaments
b. present in almost all cells subject to mechanical stress
c. provide strength
d. contain desmin filaments that support muscle cells
14. Which is NOT a function of the microtubules?
a. movement of secretory vesicles
b. cell division
c. provide strength
15. True or False: Cytoplasmic inclusions are considered to be NOT living.
16. Where would glycogen be found?
a. liver cells and muscle
b. kidneys
c. stomach
d. large intestines
17. Where would you NOT find lipofuscin?
a. cardiac muscle
b. liver
c. nerve cells
d. kidney cells
18. Which is NOT a characteristic of a tight junction?
a. consist of irregularly anastomosing ridges (transmembrane protein) that seal
neighboring cells together in a belt-like fashion
b. creates a barrier that prevents the passage of water soluble molecules from the
lumen to intercellular space and vice versa.
c. May be selectively permeable
d. all of the above are correct
19. Which of the following makes up a gland?
a. secretory epithelium, glandular epithelium, and duct system
b. stratified epithelium, alveoli and coiled tubes
c. secretory epithelium, parenchyma, stroma
d. glandular epithelium, duct system and superficial cells
e. duct system, glandular epithelium and parenchyma
20. An example of a compound tubule-alveolar gland is:
a. pancreas
b. small intestines
c. parotid gland
d. large intestine
e. sebaceous gland
21. Put these in order from largest to smallest?
a. main duct lobar duct intralobar striated duct
b. intralobular striatedintercalatedinterlobular
c. main duct interlobular intralobular lobar ducts
d. intercalatedinterlobularlobar ducts main ducts
e. main duct lobar ductsinterlobularintralobular
22. Which of these is NOT a secretory acini of mandibular salivary glands?
a. mixed acini
b. seromucous acini
c. serous and mucous
d. serous demilunes
e. mucous acini
23. Find the incorrect matching for modes of secretion:
a. Holocrine: sebaceous glands

b. Cytocrine: transfer of melanin

c. Merocrine: sweat and mammary glands
d. Apocrine: sweat and mammary glands
24. Which is not a connective tissue fiber?
a. collagen
b. keratin fibers
c. elastic
d. type III collagen
e. Reticular fibers
25. Identify the false matching:
a. reticular cells: network of cells/star-shaped
b. fibroblasts: anti-inflammatory response
c. mesenchymal cells: can differentiate into fibroblasts
d. Plasma cells: eccentric nucleus/ cart wheel appearance
e. Multilocular: very active with a central nucleus
26. Which is NOT true of mast cells?
a. metachromatic
b. blue colored on a slide
c. produce an anticoagulant and a vasoconstrictor
d. red colored on slide
e. are loose CT macrophages
27. Which of the following is NOT considered a leukocyte?
a. Macrophages
b. mast cells
c. RBCs
d. WBCs
e. monocytes
28. You are presented with a slide of a CT fiber under 40x power and you notice a wavy
arrangement and look apparently strong. You are looking at
a. organ capsule
b. reticular fibers
c. myofibrils
d. elastic fibers
e. nuchal ligament
29. Identify the false matching:
a. collagen fibers: tendons, ligaments, organ capsule
b. reticular fibers: liver and lymphatic organ framework
c. elastic fibers: elastin protein
d. reticular fibers: type II collagen fibers
e. reticular fibers: Argentaffin fibers stain silver
30. Which of these is NOT a major type of matrix?
a. chondroitin sulphate
b. keratin sulphate
c. keratin oxalate
d. heparin sulphate
e. dermatin sulphate
31. Which of these is found in the embryo ONLY?
a. mesenchymocytes
b. mesenchymoblasts
c. mesenchymal fibers
d. mesenchymal cells
e. mesenchymal CT
32. Gelatinous CT can found:
a. embryo
b. umbilical cord

c. bovine glans penis

d. none of the above
e. all of the above
33. All organ capsules are of what kind of CT?
a. dense regular CT
b. dense irregular CT
c. loose CT
d. areolar CT
e. loose regular CT
34. Identify FALSE matching.
a. chondrocytes: oval shaped
b. chondroblasts: spherical nucleus
c. chondrocytes: short-cytoplasmic processes
d. chondroblast: growing cartilage
e. chondrocytes: located in lacuna
35. Metachromasia means?
a. taking on color of the stain
b. larger euchromatin than normal
c. increase in chromatic number
d. taking on color opposite of stain
e. not taking up any color at all
36. Identify the correct matching.
a. hyaline cartilage: composed of type I collagen fibers
b. fibrocartilage: type II collagen fibers
c. elastic cartilage: found in menisci
d. hyaline cartilage: no visible fibers
e. fibrocartilage: found in the epiglottis
37.What is a main characteristic of fibrocartilage?
a. prominent type I collagen fibers
b. type II collagen fibers
c. has a perichondrium
d. found in pinna (ear)
38. Osteoid is:
a. is organic matter of the bony matrix
b. is the matrix of the bone
c. secreted by osteoblasts
d. calcified by Calcium salts
e. All of the above
39. Another name for the perforating canal seen in compact spongy bone is?
a. haversian fibers
b. sharpeys fibers
c. collagen fibers
d. reticular fibers
e. elastic fibers
40.Which of the following is not endochondral ossification?
a. vertebrae
b. skull bones
c. base of skull
d. femur
e. metatarsal bone
41. Identify false matching:
a. osteoclast: bone eating cell
b. osteoblast: bone forming cell
c. osteoblast: basophilic cytoplasm
d. osteoblast: mature bone cell

e. osteocyte: communicating processes

42. Which of the following is the functional unit of compact bone?
a. lamellae
b. osteocyte
c. osteoblast
d. osteoclast
e. none of the above
HINTS:
Know that chondro=cartilage
Know what cyte, -blast, -clast means
Know peri, -endo
Lamellae are nothing more than collagen fbers around the osteon
Haversian canals travel vertically= central canal
Volkmans canals travel transversely= perforating canals
Questions created by Stan Veytsman and Beth Achille