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

6. Lymphatic Organs

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6.38 Spleen

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Section of the red pulp of a rodent spleen stained with TPA.

This method stains green the nuclei of cells and, in the cytoplasm of the endothelial cells (arrowheads) of venous sinuses (S), their basal plates. These basal plates are cytoplasmic cytoskeletal elements that demarcate the basal limits of these endothelial cells.

These cells have spaces between them (see also Figure 5.32C) through which leukocytes and red blood cells migrate to return to the blood circulation (triple arrow).

The splenic cords are labelled with asterisks.

Stain: TPA
Magnification: ×650

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