(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) MCQs on Histology

(October-2023)

MCQs on Histology

1. The basic structural and functional unit of any multicellular organism is ________.
a. Nucleus
b. Cell
c. Cytoplasm
d. Chromosome

2. Aggregation of cells with a specific function constitutes ________________.
a. Organ
b. Tissue
c. Organelle
d. All the above

3. Which of the following are considered as fundamental tissues in the body?
a. Epithelial and connective tissue
b. Muscle and nervous tissue
c. Blood and lymph
d. All the above

4. Which of the following fundamental tissue is avascular?
a. Epithelial tissue
b. Muscle tissue
c. Nervous tissue
d. Connective tissue

5. Which of the following cells do not have centriole and thereby can’t divide?
a. Neuron and Glial cell
b. Ovum and erythrocyte
c. Neuron and ovum
d. Hepatocyte and enterocyte

6. Which of the following fundamental tissue has the greatest regeneration capacity?
a. Epithelial tissue
b. Muscle tissue
c. Nervous tissue
d. Connective tissue

7. Which of the following cells do not have nucleolus alone?
a. Glial cell
b. Erythrocyte
c. Ovum
d. Neuron

8. Which of the following cell remains undifferentiated throughout life?
a. Blast cell
b. Progenitor cell
c. Primordial cell
d. Stem cell

9. Which of the following is a cytogenous gland?
a. Liver and pancreas
b. Kidney and spleen
c. Thyroid and pituitary
d. Ovary and testis

10. Which of the following is a nurse cell in testis?
a. Sustentacular cell
b. Sertoli cell
c. Leydig cell
d. Spermatogonial cell

11. Nissl bodies are the aggregation of rER in the cytoplasm of:
a. Renal cell
b. Nerve cell
c. Pancreatic cell
d. Fat cell

12. Peyer’s patches are lymphoid aggregations in the submucosa of _____.
a. Duodenum
b. Jejunum
c. Ileum
d. Caecum

13. Which of the following is avascular and aneural?
a. Cartilage
b. Bone
c. Tendon
d. Ligament

14. Accumulation of oxytocin and vasopressin in the neurohypophysis:
a. Hassall’s corpuscles
b. Herring bodies
c. Malpighian corpuscles
d. Corpora amylacea

15. Which of the following pertains to cardiac muscle?
a. Intercalated discs
b. Branching and anastomosis of fibres
c. Purkinje fibres
d. All the above

16. Bone resorption cells are referred to as:
a. Osteocyte
b. Osteoblast
c. Osteoclast
d. Osteone