Histology Flashcards
What are the 2 parts of this gland?
Posterior - lighter staining
Anterior - darker staining
What gland is this picture showing and what are the cells seen?
Anterior pituitary
Purple - basophils
Pink - acidophils
Chromophobes stain poorly
What gland is shown and what can be seen?
Posterior pituitary
Capillaries and nerve fibres
What is the gland shown?
Anterior gland
What gland is shown?
Thyroid gland
What epithelium lines the follicles?
Simple cuboidal epithelium
What is the gland shown and what cells are seen?
Parathyroid gland - chief cells are numerous and circular nucleus
Chief cells stain darker than oxyphil cells
What gland is shown?
Adrenal gland
What is picture showing and what is seen?
Pancreas
Pale areas are islets of Langerhan
Pancreatic duct and acini
What is the organ shown?
Kidneys - cortex and medulla seen
What area is this picture from?
This is the renal corpuscle from cortex
Can see bowman’s capsule and glomerulus
What is the picture showing?
Renal nephron
Distal convoluted tubule - surrounded by paler cells compared to proximal convoluted tubule
What is this structure shown?
Ureter
What are the layers of the ureter?
Mucosa - stratified transitional epithelium + lamina propria
Smooth muscle
No submucosa as no glands
Outer adventitia layer
What structure is shown?
Bladder
What type of epithelium is the bladder?
Transitional epithelium
What is the structure shown?
Urethra
What type of epithelium is in the urethra?
Stratified columnar epithelium
What is the gland shown?
Parotid
Mainly serous
What gland is shown?
Sublingual
Mucus acinus
What is the gland shown?
Submandibular
Mixed
What epithelium lines the stomach?
Simple columnar epithelium
What epithelium lines the oesophagus?
Stratified squamous epithelium
