1-2 Basic concepts

A HISTOLOGiCAL SLIDE SEEN UNDER A LIGHT MICROSCOPE  
The image is was obtained from a liver section observed under a microscope at a low magnification.
Ypu can see the large pink area, but more details cannot be seen at this magnification. In sections of other organs observed at the same magnification, it would be possible to observe many of their fearures or characteristic structures, such as layers that make up the organ, or blood vessels or large nerves.
There are many small clear spaces in the image. Most of them are empty cavities of blood vessels, also called the lumen of blood vessels(this word applies to many kings od tissue structures. See the meaning of “Lumen” in the GLOSSARY in the main MENU.

Liver. Staining: hematoxylin and eosin. Low magnification.

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