Parathyroid gland                                Chart

                       
Cell types: Chief, eosinophilic cell
 

Differential diagnosis:
 Parathyroid gland can be easily confused with liver but liver has plates and not cords and the liver is provided with hepatic and portal lobules which are characteristic.

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Diagnostic Features:
a. Tissue is compact (e.g. liver)
b. It consists of glandular tissue judging from rich parenchyma with minimal spaces.
c. It contains cord arrangement of cells with medium spaces.

Draw your own section here and make your diagnosis by data base selection below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Database selection: Practical Tissue Gross

Level 1: Select  compact
Level 2: Select organs-g;amds from list of sclerous, muscular, connective, organ-glands and nervous tissues.
Level 3: Select spacesmedium.
Level 4: Select no zoning
 

Can you identify the chief and eosinophilc cells? What do they produce?

 

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