histology slides for a&p lab

SLIDES

The TUNICA EXTERNA is composed of

_________ tissue.

The TUNICA MEDI is composed of _________ muscle & ____________.

The TUNICA INTERNA is composed of ______ ____________ epithelium.

VESSEL ANATOMY

The TUNICA EXTERNA is composed of

connective tissue.

The TUNICA MEDI is composed of smooth muscle & elastin.

The TUNICA INTERNA is composed of simple squamous epithelium.

VESSEL ANATOMY

SLIDES

NAME THE CELLS

MOST NUMEROUS IN OUR SLIDES

NO NUCLEI

DIAMETER OF RBC= 7-8 MICRONS

RED BLOOD CELLS

NAME THE CELL FRAGMENTS

VERY SMALL FRAGMENTS, STAINED PURPLE

SCATTERED BETWEEN RBCs LIKE PEPPER

8% OF FORMED ELEMENTS IN TOTAL BLOOD COUNT.

PLATELETS

THE AGRANULOCYTES ARE:

1)_________

2)_________

NAME THE CELL

AGRANULOCYTE

2-3Xs SZ. OF RBC-VERY LARGE NUCLEUS

OFTEN HORSEWHOE OR INDENTED NEARLY FILLING THE CELL

3-8% OF WBCs

MONOCYTE

NAME THE CELL

AGRANULOCYTE

SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN RBC

EASY TO SPOT

25% OF RBCs

LYMPHOCYTE

SAYING: ‘BEN LIKES TO EAT HIS

GRAINS.”

B=BASOPHILS

E=EOSINOPHILS

N=NEUTROPHILS

GRANULOCYTES

NAME THE CELL

GRANULOCYTE

2-3 Xs SZ OF RBC

MULTI-LOBED NUCLEUS

BLUE STAINED GRAINS IN CYTOPLASM

1% OF WBCs, RARE!

BASOPHIL

NAME THE CELL

GRANULOCYTE

2-3Xs SZ OF RBC

MULTI-LOBED NUCLEUS

RED/PINK STAINED GRAIN IN CYTOPLASM

2-4% OF WBCs. FEW IN NUMBER

EOSINOPHIL

NAME THE CELL

GRANULOCYTE 2Xs size of RBC MULTI-LOBED NUCLEUS SMOOTH BLUE CYTOPLASM 40-70% OF WBCs IF YOU HAVE TO GUESS-CHOOSE

NEUTROPHIL BC IT’S THE MOST COMMON WBC.

AKA POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE

NEUTROPHIL