Aorta (preparation)

Preparation 1
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Title: Aorta – Example of an Elastic Type Artery - Overview (HE)

Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – vasa vasorum in tunica adventitia, i – tunica intima, m – tunica media,

and - tunica adventitia, in elastic-type arteries, the membrana elastica interna is hardly distinguishable from elastic ones

membranes in the middle layer

Preparation 2
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Name: Aorta - tunica media detail (HE)

Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – tunica media

Preparation 3
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Title: Aorta - overview (resorcin-fuchsin)

Description: 1 – aortic lumen, i – tunica intima, m – tunica media, a – tunica adventitia

note: resorcin-fuchsin is a stain for elastic fibers

Preparation 4
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Name: Aorta - wall layers (resorcin-fuchsin)

Description: 1 – aortic lumen, 2 – endothelium, 3 – elastic membranes in the middle layer, 4 – the first of the elastic

membranes (=membrana elastica interna), i – tunica intima, m – tunica media, and – tunica adventitia

note: resorcin-fuchsin is a stain for elastic fibers

Preparation 5
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Title: Aorta - tunica media detail (resorcin-fuchsin)

Description: 1 – aortic lumen, i – tunica intima, m – tunica media

note: resorcin-fuchsin is a stain for elastic fibers

Binders

 * Mesenchyme (preparation)


 * Umbilical cord (preparation)


 * Aorta (preparation)


 * Brown fat (preparation)


 * White fat (preparation)


 * Tendon (preparation)


 * Articular cartilage (preparation)


 * Epiglottis (preparation)


 * Desmogenous ossification (preparation)


 * Enchondral ossification (preparation)


 * Lamellar bone (preparation)

Links

 * Cellular basis of medicine module (3rd Faculty of Medicine UK)

Study materials for the preparation
Category : Histology
 * Aorta