Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     12. Digestive System
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    12.43   Human colon Version française
Section of a human colon.

The following structures are labelled:

  1. Mucosa with intestinal crypts (without villi)
  2. Submucosa showing an island of lymphatic tissue
  3. Tunica muscularis showing a thickened area (*) of the external longitudinal muscle layer (seen here in cross section), which is one of the three taenia coli forming bands along the wall of the colon
  4. The serosa, that is, a thin layer of connective tissue lined by a mesothelium

Stain: Masson’s Trichrome
Magnification: ×125

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