Identifying tissues under the microscope Flashcards
What to look out for when identifying a large intestine under a microscope in low power?
Columnar epithelium
Intestinal glands
Circular smooth muscle
Submurcosa
Blood vessels
Circular and longitudinal muscle
What to look out for when identifying a large intestine under a microscope in high power?
Columnar epithelium
Brush border
Lamina propria
How to identify the skin under a microscope that is low power?
look out for:
Stratified squamous epithelium
dermis
How to identify the skin under a microscope that is high power?
look out for:
Stratum corneum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum germinativum
How to identify the kidney under a microscope under low power?
look out for the kidney tubules lined with cuboidal epithelium
How to identify the kidney under a microscope under high power?
look out for:
glomerulus
cuboidal epithelium in tubules
How to identify the kidney under a microscope under low power?
look out for:
Lymphatic nodules in submucosa
Columnar epithelium
Blood cells and necrotic material in lumen
Serosal membrane
Muscle layer
How to identify the kidney under a microscope under high power?
columnar epithelium
crypt (gland)
How to identify the bronchus under a microscope under low power?
look out for:
pseudostratified columnar epithelium
secretory acini
cartilage
How to identify the bronchus under a microscope under high power?
cilia
secretory cell
How to identify the cervix under a microscope under low power:
columnar epithelium
connective tissue
muscle layers
stratified epithelium (both high and low)
What is absent from the cervix compared with the skin?
hair follicles and secretory glands
How to identify the oesophagus under a microscope of low power?
look out for:
stratified squamous epithelium
lamina propria
smooth muscle
striated muscle
How to identify the oesophagus under a microscope of high power?
incomplete keratinisation (nuclei visible at surface)
How to identify the oviduct (fallopian tube) under a microscope of low power?
look out for:
labyrinth of branching folds
blood vessel
dense connective tissue