Gallery 1 - The world under the microscope

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Human blood cells. More information can be found in the sample description.

Mid-sagittal coupe from a mouse. More information can be found in the sample description.

MOVAT's pentachrome stain. More information can be found in the sample description.

Goblet cells in the PAS reaction. More information can be found in the sample description.

Cardiomyocyte-like cells in a mouse lung. More information can be found in the sample description.

Pulmonary alveoli of a rat. More information can be found in the sample description.

Bone forming in various histological stains. More information can be found in the sample description.

Iron in macrophages of the lungs. More information can be found in the sample description.

Tooth development in a five day old mouse. More information can be found in the sample description.

Granulated mast cells in mouse tongue. More information can be found in the sample description.

Nissle substance in motor neurons, cresyl violet acetate staining. More information can be found in the sample description.

Preparation details,

The brain stem and cerebellum were taken from a Guinea pig and fixed in formaldehyde 4%.

The block was embedded in paraplast plus and then cut on an A&O 820 rotary microtome. Thickness is 4µm.

Depex from the company Serva was chosen as mount resin and can be purchased there, see sample discription for more details.