Histology

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1) What type of epithelium is this? (long arrow)

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1) Simple squamous epithelium

1) Name the structure crossing the bottom half of the picture

2) Identify the cells indicated by the short arrows

3) Identify the light pink substance crossing the bottom of the slide

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1) Tendon

2) Fibroblasts

3) Collagen

1) Name the structure the picture depicts.

2) Name the structure indicated by the arrow accompanying the “T”

3) Identify the structure indicated by the long arrow.

4) Identify the structure indicated by the short arrow head

Click here for Answers1) Lymph node

2) Trabeculae

3) Lymphatic nodule

4) CT capsule

1) What type of tissue is this?

2) Identify the calls indicated by the short arrow heads.

3) What is the function of these cells?

4) Identify the cell indicated by the long arrow

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1) Loose connective tissue

2) Fibroblasts

3) Secrete substances for the matrix (collagen, elastin)

4) Defense cell

1) Identify the tissue

2) Identify the specific structure indicated by the arrow

3) What type of cells make up the lighter center of this structure?

4) Identify the structure indicated by the arrow.

5) Where in the body might you find this tissue?

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1) Mixed glandular

2) Serous demilune

3) Mucus secreting cells / Mucus gland

4) Serous

5) sub-maxillary or submandibular region

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1) Identify this structure?

2) What type of epithelium is located on the outside of this structure?

Click here for Answers1) Palatine/Lingual Tonsil

2) Stratified squamous non-keratinized

1) Identify this tissue

2) Identify the cell indicated by the short arrow

3) What do the long arrows indicate?

4) Identify the majority of the other cells in the field.

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1) Circulating Blood

2) Monocyte

3) Platelets

4) Erythrocytes

1) What is this structure?

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1) a desmosome

1) Identify the structrues indicated by the arrows

2) Name the cells scattered thoughout these structures

3) Identify the cells lining these structures

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1) Spicules

2) Osteocytes

3) Osteogenic cells (osteoblasts if columanr in shape)

1) Identify the tissue indicated by the short arrow.

2) Identify the tissue indicated by the yellow arrow

3) Identify the layer indicated by the long arrow

4) What type of cells are indicated by the short arrow

5) Bonus! What structure is depicted in the picture?

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1) Hyaline cartilage

2) Pseudostratified Ciliated Epithelium

3) Perichondrium

4) Chondrocytes

5) Trachea

1) Name the structure the to which the short arrows are pointing.

2) What is the structure in the middle of the picture?

3) Name the structure the long arrow is indicating

Click here for Answers1) Golgi complex

2) Nucleus

3) Mitochondria

1) What type of tissue is shown in the top picture?

2) What type of tissue is shown in the bottom picture?

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1) Elastic Cartilage

2) Fibrocartilage

1) What tissue and preparation does this picture depict?

2) Identify the layer the arrows are identifying

3) Identify the structures indicated by the short arrowheads

What is housed in these spaces?

4) Name the type of cells of the pink layer

5) Bonus! What tissue fills the far left of the picture?

Click here for Answers1) Decalicified bone

2) Periosteum

3) Lacunae / Blood vessels

4) Osteocytes

5) Bone Marrow with scattered adipocytes

1) Name the structure the picture depicts.

2) Name the middle light purple layer of this structure. What is it made of?

3) Identify the substance to which the arrow heads are pointing

Click here for Answers1) Muscular artery

2) Tunica media / Muscle

3) Elastin

1) Identify the structures indicated by the arrows

What light colored centers of these structures called?

2) Where are these structures located in the body?

3) Identify the tissue indicted by the yellow arrow

Click here for Answers1) Peyer’s patches / germinal centers

2) In the intestine (the ilieum)

3) Simple columnar secretory and absorptive apitheleium

1) Identify the tissue in the center of the image

2) What type of cell is indicated by the long arrow?

3) Where might this tissue be found?

4) Bonus! What type of cells are indicated by the short arrows?

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1) Simple columnar secretory and absorptive epithelium

2) Goblet cell

3) In the intestine

4) Defense cells

1) Identify the layer indicated by the short arrow

2) What types of cells are found in this layer (from #1)?

3) Identify the layer indicated by the long arrows

4) Name the structures to which the long arrows are pointing

5) What is the tissue filling the far right of the picture?

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1) Fiberous Perichondruim

2) Chondroblasts

3) Chondrogenic

4) Cell nests

5) Adipose

1) Identify the organ

2) Identify the structure indicated by the arrowhead

3) Identify the region indicated by the arrowhead

4) Name the area that surrounds the region named in the last question.

5) Identify the structures the long arrows are indicating

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1) Spleen

2) Lymphatic nodule

3) White pulp

4) Red Pulp

5) Trabeculae

Name these cells.

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1) Polychromatophilic erythroblasts

2) Normoblasts

3) Megakaryocyte

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