Epithelia page 9

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

1. Epithelia

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1.9 Urinary tubule lined with a simple squamous epithelium

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Longitudinal section of the thin limb of renal tubules showing a simple squamous epithelium (*). The flattened nuclei and cytoplasms of the squamous cells are evident but the lateral borderlines of the cells are not clear.

The nucleus of an endothelial cell (arrow) is visible in an adjacent small vessel containing a few red blood cells.

Connective tissue (+) is present between the urinary tubules and small vessels.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×600

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