Aorta (histological slide)
Overview[edit | edit source]
Preparation no.1[edit | edit source]
Name: Aorta - Example of an Elastic Type Artery - Overview (HE)
Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – vasa vasorum in tunica adventitia, i – tunica intima, m – tunica media,
and - tunica adventitia, in elastic-type arteries, the membrana elastica interna is hardly distinguishable from elastic ones
membranes in the middle layer
Preparation no. 2[edit | edit source]
Name: Aorta - tunica media detail (HE)
Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – tunica media
Preparation no. 3[edit | edit source]
Name: Aorta - overview (resorcin-fuchsin)
Description: 1 – aortic lumen, i – tunica intima, m – tunica media, a – tunica adventitia
note: resorcin-fuchsin is a stain for elastic fibers
Preparation no. 4[edit | edit source]
Name: Aorta - wall layers (resorcin-fuchsin)
Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – elastic membranes in the middle layer, 4 – the first of the elastic
membranes (=membrana elastica interna), i – tunica intima, m – tunica media, and – tunica adventitia
note: resorcin-fuchsin is a stain for elastic fibers
Preparation no. 5[edit | edit source]
Name: Aorta - tunica media detail (resorcin-fuchsin)
Description: 1 – aortic lumen, i – tunica intima, m – tunica media
note: resorcin-fuchsin is a stain for elastic fibers
Connective tissue[edit | edit source]
Brown adipose tissue (preparation)
Adipose tissue (histology slide)
Articular cartilage (preparation)
Desmogenous ossification (preparation)
Enchondral ossification (preparation)
