Gallery of Histological Sections

 

Prepared by

ROY ELLIS

IMVS Division of Pathology

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia 5011

Email: roy.ellis@imvs.sa.gov.au

 

 

 

Section of skeletal muscle stained with Heidenhain's iron hematoxylin and counterstained with van Gieson stain. Muscle striations are clearly seen.

Result: The following tissue elements may be demonstrated in the order given, depending upon the degree of differentiation employed: mitochondria, cross striations of muscle, cytoplasm, nuclear membrane, yolk, chromosomes, chromatin, nucleoli, centrioles.
© Roy C. Ellis 2004