CHART: The items in italics are the index words for computer entry.                                   Example     Explanation

1. HOLLOW

2 small (fills 1/10^th of low power field)

3 distinct outer coat no connective-tissue attachments)

4 epithelium- types (e.g. digestive system [appendix]

5 columnar epithelium-appendix, fallopian tube etc

5 squamous epithelium-artery, vein

3 no distinct outer coat respiratory system (bronchioles etc)

4 cartilage

5 No goblet cell

5 Goblet cell

4 no cartilage

5 epithelium types

2 large

3 cartilage (respiratory system)

4 lung tissue

5 Bronchus

5 Bronchiole

5 Alveoli

5 Lung

4 no lung tissue

5 trachea

5 bronchi

3 no cartilage (digestive system)

4 Villi

5 papilla esophagus)

5 villi pits (stomach) esophagus

5 small villi (duodenum)

5 tongue shaped villi

5 finger shaped villi

(4 No villi- other systems)

5 spaces (uterus)

5 no spaces (skin)

5 laminae (retina)

1. COMPACT

2 Connective-tissue

3 Spaces (Areolar or loose/adipose)

4 Fibers (areolar tissue)

4 No fibres (adipose tissue)

3 Dense (dense fibrous)

3 Reticular

3 Blood and lymph

2 Sclerous tissue

3 homogenous

4 cartilage

5 no fibres (hyaline-cartilage)

5 parallel fibres (white fibrous)

5 network fibres (yellow cartilage).

4 bone (spongy-bone)

3 concentric system

4 compact bone

            2 Muscular tissue

3 Stripes both transversely and longitudinally (skeletal-muscle)

3 No stripes (Smooth-muscle)

3 Intercalated discs (cardiac-muscle)

2 Epithelial tissue

3 Simple (one layer on basement membrane)

4 squamous epithelium (polyhedral shaped cells)

4 cuboidal epithelium (isodiametric cells)

4 columnar epithelium (tall cells)

3 Stratified (more than one layer on basement membrane)

4 squamous epithelium

4 cuboidal epithelium

4 columnar epithelium

3 Transitional epithelium (more than one cell shape)

3 Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

2 Organs-glands

3 Spaces minimal

3 Spaces medium

4 No zoning

4 Wheel spoke

4 Ducts

3 Spaces many

4 Covering epithelium

4 No covering epithelium

2 Nervous tissue

(3 H-shaped) Spinal-cord

4 large white matter (cervical)

4 little white matter (thoracic)

4 medium white matter (lumbar)

4 small white matter (sacral)

3 Large cells (Purkinje) cerebellar-cortex

3 Small cells (pyramidal) cerebral-cortex

3 Peripheral nerve

Assignment:

 
Use the entries in the Histology Museum to study the 4-5 level of each organ and then practice making diagnosis on prepared unknown sections given to you.