Lab IX – Introduction to Histology / Vertebrate Tissues

Table of Contents

1. Instructions

  • Open and download the worksheet.
  • Go over each station one by one
  • Answer the corresponding questions using the lab manual Laboratory IX text

2. Worksheet

Open/Download/Print the Lab IX worksheet before going over the stations  

3. Stations

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Station Ia

close-up of many cube-shaped cells arranged in one layer in a circular pattern. The cells all have a large, round nucleus in the center.
Cross section: kidney tubules. Magnification: 400x. Credit: Tatiana Voza , modified from Berkshire Community College via Flickr, CC0

 

Station Ib

Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium Respiratory epithelium is pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium. Seromucous glands provide lubricating mucus. LM × 680. (Micrograph provided by the Regents of University of Michigan Medical School © 2012). Credit: CNX OpenStax College, CC-BY 3.0

 

Station Ic

Cross section: mammalian gut
magnification: 400x. Credit: Tatiana Voza modified from Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library, CC0

 

Station Id

A histological sample of the esophagus. Credit: Nva1991, CC-BY SA 3.0

 

Station II

The body contains three types of muscle tissue: (a) skeletal muscle, (b) smooth muscle, and (c) cardiac muscle. From top, LM × 1600, LM × 1600, LM × 1600. (Micrographs provided by the Regents of University of Michigan Medical School © 2012). Credit: CNX OpenStax, CC-BY 3.0

 

Station III

Spinal Cord Motor Neurons and glia. Spinal cord smear. Magnification: 40x. Credit: Tatiana Voza modified from Berkshire Community College, CC0

 

Station IVa

Compact Bone. Cross section: ground human bone. Magnification: 100x. Credit: Tatiana Voza modified from Berkshire Community College, CC0

 

Station IVb

Mammalian Elastic cartilage. Cross section. Magnification: 400x. Credit: Tatiana Voza modified from Berkshire Community College BioScience Image Library, CC0

Station IVc

Blood: A Fluid Connective Tissue Blood is a fluid connective tissue containing erythrocytes and various types of leukocytes that circulate in a liquid extracellular matrix. LM × 1600. (Micrograph provided by the Regents of University of Michigan Medical School © 2012). Credit OpenStax CNX via Wikimedia, CC-BY SA 3.0

Station IVd

Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue. Tendon long section. Magnification: 400x. Credit Tatiana Voza modified from Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library via Wikimedia, CC0
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