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

 

 

 

Guinea pig trachea: toluidine blue, pH 4; ethanol dehydration; mounted in DPX. Epithelial mucins stain the orthochromatic blue colour (alcohol-labile), while cartilage stains metachromatically and is purple (alcohol-resistant).

© Roy C. Ellis 2004