Histological slides (exam)

Chick embryo mesenchyme

Slide is stained with iron hematoxylin.

* – Mesenchyme

1.Cells nuclei

2.Cells processes

Human blood (smear)

Blood smear is stained with Hematoxylin and eosin or by Romanowsky-

Giemsa’s method.

1.Erythrocytes

2.Platelets

3.Segmented neutrophils

4.Banded neutrophils

5.Lymphocytes

6.Eosinophils

7.Basophils

8.Monocytes

Loose connective tissue

Iron hematoxylin staining.

*- ground substance

1.Collagen fibers

2.Elastic fibers

3.Fibroblasts

4.Macrophages

5.Tissue’s lymphocytes

6.Plasma cells

Tendon (longitudinal section)

Hematoxylin and eosin staining.

1.Primary bundles of collagen fibers

2.Tendinocyte nuclei

3.Secondary bundles of collagen fibers (tendon fascicles)

4.Endotendineum

Ligament(longitudinal section)

Slide is stained with picric acid, acid fuchsin and hematoxylin.

1.Elastic fibers

2.Collagen fibers

3.Fibroblasts

Reticular tissue of lymph node

Hematoxylin and eosin staining.

*- Reticular cells

1.Cytoplasm and processes

2.Cells nuclei

3.Limphocytes

Adipose tissue

To identify the fat inclusions slide is stained with sudan and

Hematoxylin

1.Adipocytes

2.Lipid drop

Hyaline cartilage

Hematoxylin and eosin staining.

1.Perichondrium

2.Extracellular matrix

3.Zone of young chondrocytes

4.Mature chondrocytes (isogenous groops)

Elastic cartilage

Slide is stained with orcein and hematoxylin.

1.Perichondrium

2.Ground substance

3.Elastic fibers

4.Isogenic cells groops