Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     10. Respiratory System
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    10.17   Bronchiole Version française
Section of the lung of a dog.

This field is a cross section of a respiratory bronchiole.

It shows an epithelium composed of Clara cells (Cl) sitting on a layer of smooth muscle fibres (M) cut longitudinally.

Underlying this muscular tunica is a layer of dense connective tissue (*) and beyond a longitudinal section of an arteriole (A).

Some collapsed alveoli (Al) are also visible on the left.

Stain: H–­­E
Magnification: ×800

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