Muscle artery (histological preparation, WRF)
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The wall of a muscular artery consists of three layers:
Tunica intima[edit | edit source]
- dyes light because it contains a minimum of elastic fibers,
- endothelium (single-layered squamous epithelium), its cells lie on a thin layer of sparse tissue (recognizable only at the highest resolution),
- lamina elastica interna is colored dark purple.
Tunic media[edit | edit source]
- almost exclusively smooth muscle cells, light gray to light purple in color,
- on interface t. media and t. adventitia lies the lamina elastica externa (condensation of elastic fibres), again strongly colored.
Tunica adventitia[edit | edit source]
- made up of collagen and elastic fibers with a minimum of muscle cells.
Note: photos are not yet available, for WRF staining see the article Elastic artery.
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Related Articles[edit | edit source]
- Muscular artery (histological slide, HE)
- Elastic artery (histological slide)
- Vein (histological slide, HE)
References[edit | edit source]
- EIS, Václav – JELÍNEK, Štěpán – ŠPAČEK, Martin. Histopatologický atlas [online]. ©2006. [cit. 2010]. <http://histologie.lf3.cuni.cz/histologie/atlas/index.htm>.
- JUNQUIERA, L. Carlos – CARNEIRO, Jose – KELLEY, Robert O.. Basics of histology. 7. edition. H & H 1997, 1997. pp. 502. ISBN 80-85787-37-7.
