1. Connective Tissue 9/14/2009

2. #29 Small Intestine

3. Collagen fibers and fibroblasts Fibroblasts Collagen fibers

4. #29 – Intestinal Villi Lamina propria

5. Lamina propria (Loose conn. tissue)

6. #20 or #40 Trachea Tracheal ring - cartilage

7. Plasma cells

8. Eccentrically located nucleus Cartwheel appearance of nucleus Basophilic cytoplasm Egg-shaped cell with clear outline

9. #26 lymph node

10. Macrophages Kidney bean shaped nucleus (indented) Eosinophilic cytoplasm with bubbly appearance Ingested materials in the cytoplasm Fuzzy cell border (outline)

11. Macrophage Plasma Cell

12. #152 Pharynx - fat cells -Unilocular adipose tissue -displaced flattened nuclei

13. Slide H2 Brown Fat -Multilocular adipose tissue -Spherical nuclei

14. #160 Mast cells

15. #160 Mast cell

16. #27 Lymph node stained with H & E – Reticular connective tissue

17. #28 Lymph node stained with silver – Reticular connective tissue

18. Dense irregular CT in the dermis Skin #106 or #112 Dermis

19. #33 Dermis of skin (aldehyde Fuchsin stain) Dense irregular connective tissue with elastic fibers

20. Elastic Fibers in dense irregular CT - slide 33 (Verhoeff stain)

21. #250 Vagina ( Dense irregular CT) H & E Trichrome

22. Skeletal muscle Dense regular CT (tendon) Dense regular CT #112 (or #106) Musculo-tendon junction

23. #34 Tendon (Dense regular connective tissue)

24. #34 Tendon (X-section)

25. Slide #36, aorta, aldehyde fuchsinSlide 88, aorta. H & E Elastic connective tissue