KROK 1 2014 – Question 174 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
An electron micrograph shows a cell of neural origin. The terminal portion of the cell dendrite has cylindrical shape and consists of 1000 closed membrane disks. What cell is represented by the micrograph?
- A. Spinal node neuron
- B. Neuron of the cerebral cortex
- C. Neuron of the anterior horns of the spinal cord
- D. Cone receptor cell
- E. Rod receptor cell
Hint
Think about which neural cell has a dendrite modified into a stack of membrane disks, and how those disks relate to the plasma membrane.
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