BIOL& 242 Microanatomy: What to look for and label on slides
System
Endocrine
Slides
Pituitary (hypophysis)
Thyroid
Adrenal glands
Pancreas
Testes
Ovaries
Thymus
Abnormal
RBC, WBC (do not need to differentiate
WBC types)
Compare each with normal
Heart
Cardiac muscle (long
slide)
Striations, intercalated discs, branching; try
to find capillary/RBC
Vessels
Cross sections
Artery and vein, blood cells
Lymphatic
Lymph nodes
Reticular fibers, germinal centers, capsule,
note tissue types
Red pulp, splenic nodule, white pulp, note
tissue type
Germinal centers, crypts
Blood
Normal
Structures
Adenohypophysis, neurohypophysis
Follicles, follicular cells (note tissue type),
C cells,
identify where T hormones are
made/stored
Cortex and medulla, zones of the cortex
Islets of Langerhans, acinar cells
Seminiferous tubules
Follicle and/or corpus luteum
Lobules
Spleen
Tonsil
Respiratory
Trachea
Tracheal cartilage
Normal
lung/alveoli/bronchi
Abnormal lung
Digestive
Salivary glands
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Liver
Goblet cells, ciliated cells, note tissue types
Lacunae, chondrocytes, ground substance,
tissue type
Alveolar ducts, alveolar sac, alveoli,
bronchioles, note alveolar tissue type
Compare with normal
Ducts
gastric pits, muscularis externa, goblet
cells, lumen
lumen, villi, lamina propria, intestinal
glands if visible, mucosa, note tissue
types
mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa,
goblet cells
central vein, portal areas, lobules
Urinary
Pancreas
Acini, ducts, islets of Langerhans
Kidney
renal corpuscle: glomerulus, Bowman’s
capsule, parietal epithelium, DCT/PCT (do
not need to differentiate); note tissue type
of DCT/PCT
lumen, mucosa, smooth muscle
Smooth muscle
mucosa, transitional epithelium
Ureter
Urethra
Bladder
Reproduction/
Development
Epididymis
Sperm
Testes
Ductus deferens
Male glands
Penis
Ovary
Mammary glands
Uterus
Eggs
lumen, sperm cells, pseudostratified
columnar epith.
Find ;)
seminiferous tubules, spermatocytes
lumen, epithelium, smooth muscle
TBA
TBA
follicle and/or corpus luteum and/or corpus
albicans
Alveoli
myometrium, endometrial glands, uterine
cavity
TBA