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

5. Vessels

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5.27 Vessels

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Transverse thick sections of a small artery (A) and of an accompanying small vein (V). This is a higher magnification of the framed area in Figure 5.14.

The artery shows an intima with its endothelium (En) and a well-stained internal elastic lamina.

The media (M) is composed mainly of smooth muscle cells.

Its thin adventitia (arrow) includes collagen and a few elastic fibres.

The accompanying venule does not show a clear-cut endothelium and its wall is composed of collagen fibres (pink) and a few elastic fibres (black).

Stain: Verhoeff
Magnification: ×1000

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