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Histology Testbank-Nervous System

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Instructions: For each histology question, pick the one best answer. This histology test bank
is also useful for the histology questions on the USMLE (USMLE step 1). Click here for
answers and detailed explanations.

1.
What are the supporting cells in the central nervous system called?
a. Schwann cells
b. Basket cells
c. Ganglion
d. Neuroglia
e. Satellite cells

2.
Which of the following is an element of the peripheral nervous system?
a. Receptors
b. Brachial plexus
c. Ganglia
d. Sciatic nerve
e. All of the above

3.
What are most neurons in the body?
a. Unipolar
b. Pseudounipolar
c. Bipolar
d. Multipolar
e. Both a and b

4.
What is the cell body of a neuron called?
a. Ganglion
b. Perikaryon
c. Astrocyte
d. Nissl
e. Terminal bouton

5.
Which cell is a macrophage found in the central nervous system?
a. Kupffer cells
b. Histiocyte
c. Dust cell
d. Langerhans cell
e. Microglia

6.
Which type of neuron is multipolar?
a. Motor neurons
b. Interneurons
c. Sensory neurons
d. Both a and b
e. All of the above

7.
What provides tensile strength to a neuron?
a. Meninges
b. Myelinated nerve bers
c. Cell bodies
d. Nodes of Ranvier
e. Neuro laments

8.
Which meninx is made of a delicate web like connective tissue?
a. Dura mater
b. Arachnoid
c. Pia mater
d. Both a and b
e. All of the above

9.
What are the conglomerations of gray matter deep within the cerebrum and cerebellum
called?
a. Tracts
b. Islets
c. Soma
d. Cortex
e. Nuclei

10.
Which of the following is involved in the blood brain barrier?
a. Astrocytes
b. Ependymal cells
c. Oligodendrocytes
d. Microglia
e. Schwann cells

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