Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     3. Muscle Tissue
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    3.13   Smooth muscle fibres Version française
Section of the intestine showing smooth muscle fibres cut transversely.

The small profiles of individual muscle fibres, some with their nucleus (N), can readily be identified. In their acidophilic cytoplasm, contractile myofilaments are present but are not grouped into myofibrils.

A capillary is labelled (Ca).

Stain: H–­­E
Magnification: ×900


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