WORKSHOP IN HISTOLOGY, CYTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY - 2016

Chapter 4. TISSUES

Slide 41. Dense connective tissue (regular type). Tendon in longitudinal section.

Staining: hematoxylin and eosin.

Magnification: x400.

A tendon is composed of dense regular Connective Tissue. It consists of bundles of Collagen fibers of the first order, known as tendon fibers (1). In the slide, they appear as parallel, thin pink bands. Several such tendon bundles form tendon bundles of the second order, which are separated by layers of loose connective tissue known as endotendon (3). Within the endotendon, one can distinguish oval nuclei, predominantly belonging to fibroblasts (4), and smaller, more irregularly shaped nuclei of macrophages (5).

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Slide 41. Dense connective tissue (regular type). Tendon in longitudinal section.



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