Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     10. Respiratory System
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    10.19   Lung Version française
Section of the lung stained with iron-hematoxylin to show elastic fibres.

This section shows three obliquely cut fascicles of smooth muscle fibres (*) located in the wall of an alveolar duct at the entrance of the alveoli.

Elastic fibres (red arrows) are present between the smooth muscle cells. Elastic fibres also extend into the alveolar walls (blue arrowheads).

Stain: Iron hematoxylin-E
Magnification: ×400

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