RETICULAR FIBERS – 2
This image is again of a spleen, an organ rich in reticular fibers.
This type of fiber can be seen in light microscopy after treatment with the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique.
The spleen has an extensive set of blood capillaries with dilated and irregular lumens, called sinusoids (this type of vessels exist also in other organs).
The sinusoids, in the spleen, are supported by a net ofreticular fibers that surround their wall, as if they were the arches that surround a wooden barrel, holding the other cels of the wall together.
In the image the reticular fibers are seen as very thin fibers. When you hover your cursor over or click on the image some of the reticular fibers become highlighted to show how they are arranged three-dimensionally around the sinusoids of the spleen. The lumen of the sinusoid is highlighted in light pink.
This type of fiber can be seen in light microscopy after treatment with the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique.
The spleen has an extensive set of blood capillaries with dilated and irregular lumens, called sinusoids (this type of vessels exist also in other organs).
The sinusoids, in the spleen, are supported by a net ofreticular fibers that surround their wall, as if they were the arches that surround a wooden barrel, holding the other cels of the wall together.
In the image the reticular fibers are seen as very thin fibers. When you hover your cursor over or click on the image some of the reticular fibers become highlighted to show how they are arranged three-dimensionally around the sinusoids of the spleen. The lumen of the sinusoid is highlighted in light pink.
Spleen. Staining: Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS). Magnification: medium.
