| collection | slide # |
label | description |
| loose
irregular |
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| CT | 3224 | Areolar tissue spread film | collagen fibers (ribbons), elastin fibers (taunt strings), macrophages (histiocytes), fibroblasts, mast cells, plasma cells |
| CT |
3236 |
Reticular tissue thin sec M &
NFR |
fine reticular fibers encircling
lymph nodules |
| CT |
3240 |
Mast cells mesentery: resor fuch/H |
mast cells, fibroblasts, macrophages
(histiocytes), plasma cells |
| CT |
|
Lung elastic fibers: sec |
elastic fibers; arteries &
arterioles: fenestrated sheets (laminas) & elastic fibers |
| CT |
|
Umbilical cord: c.s | dry embryonic connective tissue (Wharton's jelly) |
| Cir Sys/Hemato |
6516 |
Artery human: c.s. |
fenestrated sheets (laminas) &
elastic fibers |
| loose/dense
irregular (also stroma of glands: capsule and trabeculae or septa) |
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| Integum/ Respiratory |
7015, 7018 or 7034 |
Human skin, scalp, or axilla |
papillary/reticular portion of dermis |
| Uro/Endocrine |
5453 or 5454 |
Testis |
tunica albuginea and (interlobular)
septa |
| dense
regular |
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| CT | 3259 | Ligamentum nuchae: ls | elastic fibers |
| CT |
|
Muscle-tendon connection: sec | collagen fibers (note corrugation) fused to skeletal muscle |
| cartilage |
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| CT | 3264 | Hyaline cartilage: sec | perichondrium: fibrous & chondrogenic layers; chondroblasts; isogenous colonies; lacunae, chondrocytes, fat globules; matrix (interterritorial, territorial) |
| CT | 3271 | Elastic cartilage: sec | perichondrium; chondroblasts; chondrocytes; elastic fibers in matrix |
| CT | 3275 | Elastic cartilage epiglottis: sec. | perichondrium: fibrous & chondrogenic layers; chondroblasts; chondrocytes; elastic fibers in matrix |
| CT | 3280 | White fibro-cartilage; Pubic symphysis: sec | no perichondrium; chondrocytes vaguely lined up between collagenous bundles |
| bone
(identify bone by color and texture; skip ossification) |
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| CT | 3283 | Membranous bone fatal skull: sec | blue matrix around teeth; osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts |
| CT | 3291 | Compact bone decalcified cs | orange matrix; laminae; osteoblasts; osteoclasts; |
| CT | 6140 | Bone dry ground human: c.s. | compact bone: do not use high power: osteon systems: laminae around central and perforating canals; lacunae of osteocytes; canaliculli |
| CT | 6143 | bone dry ground human: l.s. | compact bone: do not use high power: osteon systems: laminae around central and perforating canals; interstitial lamellae, cement lines, lacunae of osteocytes; canaliculli |
| adipose |
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| CT |
3232 |
Adipose tissue Osmic acid: sec. |
unilocular adipocytes (look at periphery of
section) |
| CT |
3234 |
Brown adipose tissue mammal:
sec. |
multilocular adipocytes (find well-fixed cells
at periphery |
| blood |
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| CT |
|
Human blood smear: Wright |
Red blood cells (RBCs); Lymphcytes;
White blood cells (leucocytes): Granulocytes: neutrophils (also called polymorphonuclear
leucocytes or polys), basophils, eosinophils; Agranulocytes: monocytes;
Platelets |
Last Updated: Nov. 22, 2004