Histology Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 2 parts of this gland?

A

Posterior - lighter staining
Anterior - darker staining

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2
Q

What gland is this picture showing and what are the cells seen?

A

Anterior pituitary
Purple - basophils
Pink - acidophils
Chromophobes stain poorly

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3
Q

What gland is shown and what can be seen?

A

Posterior pituitary
Capillaries and nerve fibres

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4
Q

What is the gland shown?

A

Anterior gland

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5
Q

What gland is shown?

A

Thyroid gland

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6
Q

What epithelium lines the follicles?

A

Simple cuboidal epithelium

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7
Q

What is the gland shown and what cells are seen?

A

Parathyroid gland - chief cells are numerous and circular nucleus
Chief cells stain darker than oxyphil cells

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8
Q

What gland is shown?

A

Adrenal gland

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9
Q

What is picture showing and what is seen?

A

Pancreas
Pale areas are islets of Langerhan
Pancreatic duct and acini

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10
Q

What is the organ shown?

A

Kidneys - cortex and medulla seen

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11
Q

What area is this picture from?

A

This is the renal corpuscle from cortex
Can see bowman’s capsule and glomerulus

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12
Q

What is the picture showing?

A

Renal nephron
Distal convoluted tubule - surrounded by paler cells compared to proximal convoluted tubule

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13
Q

What is this structure shown?

A

Ureter

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14
Q

What are the layers of the ureter?

A

Mucosa - stratified transitional epithelium + lamina propria
Smooth muscle
No submucosa as no glands
Outer adventitia layer

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15
Q

What structure is shown?

A

Bladder

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16
Q

What type of epithelium is the bladder?

A

Transitional epithelium

17
Q

What is the structure shown?

A

Urethra

18
Q

What type of epithelium is in the urethra?

A

Stratified columnar epithelium

19
Q

What is the gland shown?

A

Parotid
Mainly serous

20
Q

What gland is shown?

A

Sublingual
Mucus acinus

21
Q

What is the gland shown?

A

Submandibular
Mixed

22
Q

What epithelium lines the stomach?

A

Simple columnar epithelium

23
Q

What epithelium lines the oesophagus?

A

Stratified squamous epithelium