KROK 1 2015 – Question 179 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A microslide presents a tissue with spherical cells, each of them containing a large fat drop covered with thin cytoplasm layer in its center. Nucleus is compressed and situated at the cell periphery. What tissue is it?
- A. White adipose tissue
- B. Reticular tissue
- C. Brown adipose tissue
- D. Mucous tissue
- E. Pigmented tissue
Hint
Think about how fat is arranged in the cell, one large droplet or several small ones, and what that does to the position and shape of the nucleus.
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