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Histology of Nervous and Muscle Tissues Quiz


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The following are features of the skeletal muscle, EXCEPT:

A. Its nuclei are located at the periphery.

B. It is involuntary.

C. Its muscle fibres are multinucleated.

D. Its contraction is quick and forceful.


The characteristics of the smooth muscle EXCEPT:

A. It is composed of spindle-shaped smooth muscle cells.

B. Nucleus is at the periphery.

C. Smooth muscle cells are not striated.

D. It helps to move food through the digestive tract.


Each nerve fascicle is surrounded by perineurium.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


The three types of muscles include

A. cardiac muscle.

B. skeletal muscle.

C. smooth muscle.

D. all of the above.


Sarcomeres consist of two myofilaments, thick and thin filaments.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


The following are the features of cardiac muscle:

A. The muscle fibers are branching.

B. The nuclei are centrally located.

C. The ends of a cell are linked to other muscle cells by intercalated discs.

D. All of the above


The neurons, EXCEPT

A. are excitable cells.

B. undergo mitosis.

C. are found in brain & spinal cord.

D. are responsible for reception, transmission & processing of stimuli.


An example of multipolar neuron is pyramidal cells of the cerebral cortex.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Neurones consist of

A. cell body

B. dendrites

C. axon

D. all of the above


The nueroglia cells include

A. astrocytes

B. oligodendrocytes

C. ependymal cells

D. All of the above


The image shows an example of the type of

A. multipolar neuron.

B. bipolar neuron.


Pseudounipolar neuron has a single process that divides into two branches.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE




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