Histology USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 67-year-old man presents with painless gross hematuria. Cystoscopy reveals a papillary bladder lesion, and biopsy is obtained from adjacent normal bladder mucosa. The normal epithelial lining of this organ is specialized to stretch without losing its barrier function to urine. Which of the following epithelial types is most likely present?
Answer choices
- ASimple columnar epithelium
- BStratified squamous epithelium
- CSimple cuboidal epithelium
- DSimple squamous epithelium
- ETransitional epitheliumCorrect answer
- FPseudostratified columnar epithelium
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