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

5. Vessels

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5.31 Small blood vessels

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In this field the dense connective tissue is stained green. It includes two transverse sections of small vessels, a small arteriole (A) and a venule (V).

The arteriole shows the nuclei of endothelial cells of the intima and a single layer of smooth muscle cells (arrow) in the media.

The accompanying venule has a large lumen containing red blood cells and a thin wall showing endothelial cells (E) surrounded by connective tissue.

The nuclei of fibrocytes (F) present in the surrounding connective tissue are also labelled.

Stain: Masson’s Trichrome
Magnification: ×800

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