Aorta (preparation)

Overview

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Preparation 1

Title: 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 2

Name: Aorta - tunica media detail (HE)

Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – tunica media

Preparation 3

Title: 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 4

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 5

Title: 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

Binders

• Mesenchyme (preparation)

• Umbilical cord (preparation)

• Aorta (preparation)

• Brown fat (preparation)

• White fat (preparation)

• Tendon (preparation)

• Articular cartilage (preparation)

• Epiglottis (preparation)

• Desmogenous ossification (preparation)

• Enchondral ossification (preparation)

• Lamellar bone (preparation)

Links

• Cellular basis of medicine module (3rd Faculty of Medicine UK)

Study materials for the preparation

• Aorta