8-12 Muscle tissue

SMOOTH MUSCLE – 3
Bundles formed by few smooth muscle fibers are sometimes difficult to diagnose.
See the image of thin bundles of smooth muscle fibers present inside villi of the small intestine mucosa.
Their cytoplasm become highlighted in green and the nuclei in blue.

Small intestine. Staining: HE. Medium magnification.

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