Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     16. Female Reproductive system
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    16.45   Lactating mammary gland Version française
Section of secretory alveoli from a human lactating mammary gland.

This section shows several distended acini or alveoli lined with swollen and vacuolated cuboidal epithelial cells (arrows).

Their lipid droplets were extracted during the preparation of histological sections. The lumina of several alveoli contain secretory granules made up of aggregates of casein particles (*).


Magnification: ×900

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