Quiz on Epithelia Instructions: Each of the numbered items or incomplete statement is followed by answers or by completions of the statement.

Select the One lettered answer or completion that is best in each case. The test is equivalent to 20%. Strictly no erasures on final answer. Right minus wrong.

Blank space/s is/are considered wrong. ___Seat # Name: __________________________ Section: __________ Date: ________ Score: _____
___1. which of the following statement about epithelia is true? A. They are polarized. B. They are vascular . C. They are completely surrounded by a basal lamina. D. They contain wide intercellular spaces. E. They are not part of the wall of blood vessels. ___2. A medical student who has chronic lower respiratory infections seeks the advice of an EENT specialist. A biopsy of the students respiratory epithelium reveals alteration in certain epithelial structures. This patient is most likely to have abn ormal A. microvilli B. desmosomes C. cilia D. hemidesmosomes E. basal plasmalemma infoldings ___3. Which of the following statements about stratified squamous epithelium is true? A. The surface layer is always keratinized. B. The cells in its most superficial layer are flattened. C. Its basal cells rest on an elastic lamina. D. Its cells lack desmosomes. E. It lines the ducts of sweat glands. ___4. Which of the following is a hereditary disease that may be associated with infertility? A. Adenocarcinoma B. Bullous pemphigoid C. Carcinoma D. Edema E. Immotilia cilia syndrome ___5. Which of the following statements about glands is true? A. Exocrine glands lack ducts. B. Simple glands have ducts that branch. C. Endocrine glands secrete into ducts. D. Serous secretions are watery. E. Holocrine glands release their contents by exocytosis. ___6. Which of the following statements about desmosome is true? A. it is sometimes called a nexus. B. It permits the passage of large proteins from one cell to an adjacent cell. C. It has a plaque made up of many connexons. D. it facilitates metabolic coupling between adjacent cells. E. it is a disk-shaped adhesion site between epithelial cells. ___7. Which of the following statements about gap junction is true?

A. It extends as a zone around the apical perimeter of adjacent cells. B. It possesses dense plaques composed in part of desmoplakins. C. It permits the passage of ions from one cell to adjacent cell. D. Its adhesion is dependent upon calcium ions. E. It possesses transmembrane linker glycoproteins. ___8. Which of the following statements about cilia is true? A. They possess a 9 + 0 configuration of microtubules. B. They do not contain an axoneme. C. They contain ciliary dynein arms. D. They are nearly identical to centrioles. E. They play a major function in absorption. ___9. Which one of the following is a tumor arising from glandular epithelium? A. Bullous pemphigoid B. Adenocarcinoma C. Carcinoma D. Edema E. Immotile cilia syndrome ___10. Which of the following is a condition affecting the epidermis of the skin in which blisters do not form? A. Adenocarcinoma B. Bullous pemphigoid C. Carcinoma D. First-degree burn E. Immotile cilia syndrome ___11. Which of the following is an autoimmune disease in which affected individuals form antibodies against their own hemidesmosomes? A. Adenocarcinoma B. Bullous pemphigoid C. Carcinoma D. First-degree burn E. Immotile cilia syndrome ___12. Which of the following organs does not possess pseudostratified columnar epithelia? A. Lining of trachea B. Primary bronchi C. Nasal cavity D. Excretory ducts in parotid gland E. Surface of ovary ____13. Which of the following statement is true about microvilli? A. They line the epididymis and vas deferens of the male reproductive tract. B. They constitute the kidney proximal tubule cells C. They are not absorptive apical structures. D. A glycocalyx is present in the entire perimeter of epithelia E. Their central sheath surrounds the two central microtubules. ___14. Which of the following statements is true about simple cuboidal epithelia? A. The shape of the superficial cell layer is flattened. B. They line the intestine C. The line the walls of blood vessels. D. The line the distal tubule in kidney and ducts in some glands. E. They line the ducts of sweat glands. ___15. Which of the following statements is true about hemidesmosomes?

A. They do not resemble in any way the desmosome. B. They couple adjacent cells metabolically and electrically. C. Their connexins alter conformation to shut off communication between cells. D. Type VII collagen from the basal lamina insert into plaques type IV collagen of underlying connective tissue E. Desmoplakins are present on the cytoplasmic surface of each opposing cells. ___16. Which of the following does not have nonkertatinized stratified squamous? A. lining of esophagus B. vagina C. mouth D. true vocal cords E. epidermis of the skin ____17. This is defined as the conversion of one type of differentiated epithelium into another. A. Cancer B. Adenocarcinoma C. Metaplasia D. Benign tumors E. Malignant tumors ____18. Which of the following is not a location of compound glands? A. Submucosal glands of Brunner B. excretory portion of pancreas C. Salivary gland D. Mammary gland E. Eccrine sweat gland ____19. Which of the following is true about branched acinar gland? A. It is found as mucus secreting glands of the stomach. B. It is located in the intestinal glands of the colon C. It secretes its product directly into the blood stream. D. the short single duct portion opens directly into the lumen. E. It is a type of an endocrine gland. ____20. Which of the following statements about mechanism of secretion of gland is not true? A. Sweat glands and salivary glands are merocrine type. B. Holocrine glands release their secrections together with the dead cells. C. Apocrine secretion involves pinching off the apical surface of cells. D. Cells of the merocrine glands are not altered when they release their products. E. Merocrine, holocrine and apocrine processes are exhibited by endocrine glands.

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