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

5. Vessels

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5.10 Artery

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Transverse section of a medium-sized artery.

The intima shows the endothelium (arrowheads) separated from the acidophilic internal elastic lamella (blue arrow) by a layer of connective tissue (*).

The media (M) is composed of smooth muscle cells, which are circularly arranged and show their elongated nuclei.

The adventitia (A) shows a dense connective tissue, in which collagen and elastin, both acidophilic, cannot be differentiated. The nuclei of fibrocytes (F) are indicated in this adventitia.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×500

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