Thyroid gland                                  Chart

                                      
Cell types: Follicular cell, C cell
 

Differential diagnosis:
 This could be confused with structures that have spaces such as lung or adipose tissue. Such tissues have smaller spaces which are not pinkish (eosinophilic).

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Diagnostic Features:
a. Tissue is compact (e.g. liver)
b. It consist of glandular tissue judging from rich parenchyma with minimal spaces.
c. It contains large eosinophilc follicles which are surrounded by follicular cells.

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-glands from list of sclerous, muscular, connective, organ-glands and nervous tissues.
Level 3: Select spacesmany
Level 4: Select covering epithelium of spaces

Can you identify C cells? What do they produce?

 

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