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).
1.
During the American Revolution, in the battle of Bunker Hill, an officer instructed his troops: "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". What anatomical structure was he referring to?
a. Choroid
b. Ciliary body
c. Iris
d. Ora serrata
e. Sclera
2.
Where is the region associated with maximum visual acuity?
a. Ciliary body
b. Optic disc
c. Fovea centralis
d. Lamina vitrea
e. Lamina cribrosa
3.
What is the suspensory ligament of the lens?
a. Zonular fibers
b. Purkinje fibers
c. Elastic fibers
d. Spiral ligament
e. Oval ligament
4.
How many layers of tissue compose the eyeball?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
5.
What type of glands are the glands of Moll?
a. Endocrine gland
b. Apocrine sweat gland
c. Oil gland
d. Sebaceous glands
e. Eccrine sweat gland
6.
Which structure is part the uvea?
a. Ora serrata
b. Pigmented epithelium
c. Cornea
d. Sclera
e. Ciliary body
7.
What is the space anterior to the lens?
a. Anterior chamber
b. Posterior chamber
c. Vitreal cavity
d. Both a and b
e. All of a, b, and c
8.
What is the vascular pigmented structure that is part of the uvea?
a. Choroid
b. Sclera
c. Ora serrata
d. Lens
9.
What type of epithelium is on the surface of the cornea?
a. Simple squamous
b. Stratified squamous
c. Simple cuboidal
d. Simple columnar
e. Transitional epithelium
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