In this high power view of the tunica media, identify pink elastic fibers, which appear thin and glassy. Smooth muscle appears thick and purple, and collagen fibers appear blue. Note the laminar arrangement of fibers and muscle cells. UCLA Histology Collection
The lumen is on the far right, with no evident endothelium. The tunica intima and tunica media seem ...
It should now be easy to identify these layers based on their appearance. Identify the circular smoo...
<p>The myocardial fibers were separated by larger distances (arrows in B), and the collagen fibers a...
Due to a special stain, the elastin of the tunica media is visible as dark, squiggly lines. The pink...
This is slide stained for elastin (black) and collagen (pink). Identify the lumen and tunica intima....
The aortic tunica intima is largely composed of pink-stained collagen fibers. Elastin appears here a...
In this aorta stained with Trichrome, identify pink elastin, blue collagen, and reddish muscle cells...
A small muscular artery; note the extent of its tunica adventitia, almost indistinguishable from the...
The tunica adventitia of this muscular artery is thicker than that of elastic arteries; it contains ...
In this Trichrome stained large vein, identify the tunica intima, tunica media, and the thick tunica...
Image of the aorta at low power. Elastin stain demonstrating the high content of elastic fibers in ...
A higher magnification of a coronary artery, focusing on the tunica adventitia, which contains colla...
Walls of large veins have the same three tunics described for arteries, but the tunics are less dist...
The internal elastic membrane (IEM), a component of the tunica intima, separates the tunica intima f...
This image shows the brachial artery (a muscular artery) at lower left, and the brachial vein at rig...
The lumen is on the far right, with no evident endothelium. The tunica intima and tunica media seem ...
It should now be easy to identify these layers based on their appearance. Identify the circular smoo...
<p>The myocardial fibers were separated by larger distances (arrows in B), and the collagen fibers a...
Due to a special stain, the elastin of the tunica media is visible as dark, squiggly lines. The pink...
This is slide stained for elastin (black) and collagen (pink). Identify the lumen and tunica intima....
The aortic tunica intima is largely composed of pink-stained collagen fibers. Elastin appears here a...
In this aorta stained with Trichrome, identify pink elastin, blue collagen, and reddish muscle cells...
A small muscular artery; note the extent of its tunica adventitia, almost indistinguishable from the...
The tunica adventitia of this muscular artery is thicker than that of elastic arteries; it contains ...
In this Trichrome stained large vein, identify the tunica intima, tunica media, and the thick tunica...
Image of the aorta at low power. Elastin stain demonstrating the high content of elastic fibers in ...
A higher magnification of a coronary artery, focusing on the tunica adventitia, which contains colla...
Walls of large veins have the same three tunics described for arteries, but the tunics are less dist...
The internal elastic membrane (IEM), a component of the tunica intima, separates the tunica intima f...
This image shows the brachial artery (a muscular artery) at lower left, and the brachial vein at rig...
The lumen is on the far right, with no evident endothelium. The tunica intima and tunica media seem ...
It should now be easy to identify these layers based on their appearance. Identify the circular smoo...
<p>The myocardial fibers were separated by larger distances (arrows in B), and the collagen fibers a...