Epithelia page 15

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

1. Epithelia

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1.15 Simple columnar epithelium of the oviduct or Fallopian tube

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A simple columnar epithelium lining the oviduct or Fallopian tube of a monkey.

This epithelium is composed of two types of columnar cells, i.e., ciliated and non-ciliated cells. The ciliated cells (*) show a pale stained cytoplasm and, at the apex, the motile cilia are inserted in acidophilic basal bodies embedded in the terminal web.

The non-ciliated glandular cells, more intensely stained, show microvilli which are not related to an acidophilic terminal web (arrowheads).

This simple epithelium is thus composed of two distinct types of epithelial cells applied on the lamina propria (LP).

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×800

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