Histology

Question 1

What is the lining of the external canal of the ear?

Answer 1

epidermis (skin)

contains sebaceous and ceruminous glands

Question 2

What is the lining of the middle ear?

Answer 2

columnar or cuboidal glandular epithelium

Question 3

What is the epithelium of the nasal vestibule?

Answer 3

squamous

Question 4

What is the lining of the nose and sinuses?

Answer 4

respiratory epithelium - pseudo-stratified ciliated columnar
sero-mucinous glands

Question 5

What is the lining of the throat?

Answer 5

respiratory and squamous epithelium

Question 6

What colour do the serous cells of the salivary gland stain?

Answer 6

darkly

Question 7

What do the serous cells of the salivary gland contain?

Answer 7

digestive enzymes including amylase

Question 8

What colour does the mucinous component of the salivary gland stain?

Answer 8

clear grey

Question 9

What are the properties of the peripheral myoepithelial cells of the salivary gland?

Answer 9

flat or cuboidal with clear cytoplasm

have some contractile properties