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.
1.
What type of hormone is epinephrine?
a. Protein
b. Peptide
c. Steroid
d. Catecholamine
e. None of the above
2.
What is another term for the posterior lobe of the pituitary?
a. Pars intermedia
b. Pars tuberalis
c. Pars distalis
d. Pars nervosa
3.
What cell type secretes TSH?
a. Lactotropic cells
b. Thyrotropic cells
c. Somatotropic cells
d. Corticotropic cells
e. Gonadotropic cells
4.
Which of the following cells can be classified as a basophil?
a. Corticotropic cells
b. Thyrotropic cells
c. Gonadotropic cells
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
5.
Which gland secretes insulin?
a. Pancreas
b. Thyroid
c. Pineal gland
d. Adrenal gland (cortex)
e. Adrenal gland (medulla)
6.
Which part of the adrenal gland secretes sex steroids?
a. Chromaffin cells
b. Zona reticularis
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
e. None of the above
7.
What type of gland is the pancreas?
a. Endocrine gland
b. Exocrine gland
c. Both an endocrine and exocrine gland
d. Neither an endocrine or exocrine gland
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