Histology Lesson 6 Connective Tissue

Types of Secretion

5.01. Connective tissue cells, fibroblast XL

A: tri- or polygonal shape B: basoplihic cytoplasm C: round or oval nucleus

D: euchromatin E: prominent nucleolus

5.02. Connective tissue cells, fibrocyte XL

A: spindle shape B: basophilic cytoplasm

C: elongated nucleus D: heterochromatin E: collagenous fiber

5.03. Mobile connective tissue cells L A: plasma cell with eccentric nucleus

and basophilic cytoplasm B: lymphocyte with round comapct

nucleus

5.04. Mobile connective tissue cells L A: eosinophil granulocytes

B: bilobated nuclei

5.05. Mobile connective tissue cells L A: mast cells (toluidine blue)

B: metachromatically stained granules

5.06. Activated mobile macrophage (EM) XXL A: phagocytotic granules

B: collagen fibrills

5.07. Collagenous fibers L A: long-wavy course, pale eosinophilic

staining B: fibrocytes

5.08. Elastic fibers L A: short-wavy course

5.09. Elastic fibres (resorcin-fuchsin) L A: short-wavy course

5.10. Reticular fibers (silver impregation) XL

A: moderate silver appositions on fibers

B: intense silver appositions on fibers

5.11. Gelatinous connective tisue M A: mesenchymal cells

B: cell processes

5.12. Reticular connective tissue L

A: reticulum cells B: cell processes C: lymphocytes

5.13. Dense connective tissue M A: parallelly running collagenous fibers

B: elongated, bended fibrocytes

5.14. White adipose tissue M

A: place of lipid droplet (dissolved) in univacuolar adipocyte

B: nucleus and perinuclear cytoplasm pressed to periphery

5.15. Solitary adipocytes (orange G) L A: visible lipid droplet B: peripheral nucleus

5.16. Brown adipose tissue L A: plurivauolar adipocytes