Smooth muscle or "involuntary muscle" consists of spindle shaped muscle cells found within the walls of organs and structures such as the esophagus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, uterus, ureters, bladder, and blood vessels.
Smooth muscle cells contain only one nucleus and no striations.
• Cardiac muscle is also an "involuntary muscle" but it is striated in structure and appearance. Like smooth muscle, cardiac muscle cells contain only one nucleus. Cardiac muscle is found only within the heart.
• Skeletal muscle or "voluntary muscle" is anchored by tendons to the bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion. Skeletal muscle cells are multinucleated with the nuclei peripherally located.
Skeletal muscle is called 'striated' because of the longitudinally striped appearance under light microscopy.
Muscle Types
Cell and Tissue Biology (Weiss)
Epithelium is a tissue existing in a multiplicity of forms which are specialized to carry out one or more characteristic tasks. The unique function of epithelia lies in providing a boundary . . . [that] line inner surfaces and cover outer surface . . . In some organs, such as skin, the epithelium serves as a protective barrier, but the additional activities in which most epithelia engage are in some instances their primary role. Characteristic functions include transport, absorption, and secretion.
Brain
- The chordate brain is divided into three main parts: the prosencephalon (forebrain) mesecephalon (midbrain) and rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
- Each of these three parts of the brain in primitive associated with the three main senses, olfaction (forebrain) vision (midbrain) and the acustive lateralis system (hindbrain)
Testis Histology
Video about histology of testes including spermatogonia, spermatocyte, spermatid
. Basic histology of testes.
Histology Application
This is the very good application for science and medicine faculty students Lot of images and the quality of the sharp images with excellent resolution and short description about image available. Free application vers. has limited views and need an internet connection to view them.
Muscle Vasculature
Capillaries found in endomysium and larger arteries and veins in skeletal muscle in through the perimysium. Blood vessels flow through, and only through, connective tissue. This is the perimysium between two groups of skeletal muscle fibers. 
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circulatory system
The function of circulatory system : transport of respiratory gases, hormone distrubition, heat distrubution, immune defence. Circulatory system has three essential components; a circulating fluid, a vascular system and heart. Lower metazoans lack a body cavity and do not have an internal circulatory system. Coelentrate do not have also an internal circulatory system because their body wall is very thin.
The body cavity of higher pseudocoelomate and coelomate animals contains a coelomic fluid. Some of the coelomate animalssuch as crustaceans, the vascular system is mesodermal tube that partially seperates thee blood from hemocoel.
A heart may be present to propel hemolymph through the vessels. In other some coelomate animals, the ceolom completely seperated from coelom. The closed circulatory system have a complete system of vessels and the blood is completely seperate and has a ddifferent composition from the interstitial fluid.
vertebrate digestive system histology
The vertebrate digestive tract, like that of invertebrates, is highly specialized in both structure and function for the digestion of a wide array of food. The basic components of the gut tube include the buccal cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus/cloaca. A few vertebrates lack a stomach (cyclostomes, lungfish) but in most it functions for storage and acidic/enyzmatic digestion.
it is modified for fermentation in ruminant and pseudoruminant mammals. Absorbtion is the primary function of the small intestine in higher vertebrates, although some absorbtion occurs in the stomach and large intestine. There are three important glandular systems in vertebrate digestive system.
1-The salivary glands
2-The liver, gallbladder and bile duct
3-Pancreas and pancreatic duct
The liver is a large organ that secretes bile fluid.
Some mammals lack a gallbladder. Cephalochordates and cyclostomes lack a pancreas.
The large intestine of mammals is generally more developed than other vertebrates, is responsible for water reabsorbtion and formation of feces. Bacterial action in the hindgut can ferment cellulose and can synthesize vitamins. source: histology
Biogeochemical Carbon Cyles Video
Carbon is one of the key element of life. All life is about the carbon , so lets watch this usefull video about carbon cycle in nature.
Histology, The Science of Cells
The cell is the fundamental living unit in all life forms and the perfect example of nature’s genius operating at the microscopic level. From the first time when Anton Van Leeuwenhoek first observed cells under a microscope, the study of histology has come a long way. Histology is basically study of living cells and tissues under a microscope. As the science progressed, it was discovered that organisms such as Viruses which were much smaller than the most microscopic of bacteria were connected to the most gigantic of life forms by the same units known as cells.
Histology has helped identify differences invisible to the naked eye between animal and plant cells. The identification of a cell wall in plant cells which was absent in the latter has helped science delve into the fascinating regulatory mechanisms of plants. It has helped identify the causative agents of several dreaded illnesses and helped identify cures and immunization against many of them. It has helped understand and eventually, manipulate the life cycles of several microorganisms and plants leading to an industrial revolution of sorts that can boast of achievements ranging from cheese to Biofuel.
One of the biggest achievements of Histopathology has been in the field of medicine. From the use of humble stains to make cells visible to electron microscopy, the science of Histology has paved way for the detection and eradication several medical conditions. The latest diagnostic techniques and markers are being developed each day in a bid to improve the detection of conditions such as Cancer, Neonatal diseases, Genetic disorders. This is first step towards unlocking their cures in the future. Histology also forms an integral part of research aimed at plant and animal tissue culture. The science of Histology is our window to a fascinating world otherwise invisible to us.
Histology Pdf files
You need some .pdf files about basic histology. If you need to study and learn more about histology just check these .pdf online documents:
www.oucom.ohio.edu
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375821/pdf/joa0211-0412.pdf
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histology brochure
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Digital pathology solutions
Species-dependent methods:
Plant pathology (phytopathology)
Veterinary pathology (animal health, experimental models, toxicology)
Human pathology (screening, clinical pathology, clinical research)
Specimen-dependent methods: Spatial information
Cytology (isolated cells: cytospins, smears or cultures from body fluids)
Fine-needle aspirates
Histology (tissue sections: fixed, paraffin-embedded or frozen tissue biopsies)
Staining-dependent methods: Specificity
Routine stain (nucleus and cytoplasm by Hematoxylin and Eosin) No to Low
Special stains (cell components by chemical reactions with dyes)
Immunochemistry (antigens by chromogenic or fluorogenic IHC and ICC)
In situ hybridization (DNA and RNA by FISH, CISH, SISH etc)
Imaging-dependent methods: Automation
Manual microscopy and digital image acquisition
Microscopy with motorized stage and digital image sampling
Microscopy with slide loader and digital image sampling
Whole slide scanning
CRG Histology Internal video
A new video from youtube about CRG histology and laboratory works.. very good video for histology and basic histology
Histology of Epithelial Tissue Video
great description of the main epithelial tissue types (simple and stratified) which are found within the bodyother histology videos which include more selective timings so, you arent waiting forever on a title slide to pass and slides with more information are shown for longer
Histology of Liver online video
A nice video from youtube about histology of liver tissue. and a quick demo of the histology of the liver using a vurtual microscope
visualhistology.com
visualhistology.com site information and contact info.:
Contact Visual Histology
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visual online histology atlas
if you are searching for online histology atlas on the internet : some related links about histology atlas .. check this out :
APC100 Comparative Organology, Univ. of Davis:
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/modules/index.html
Blue Histology, School of Anatomy and Human Biology - The University of Western Australia: http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/
Delta base Histology Atlas: http://www.deltagen.com/target/histologyatlas/HistologyAtlas.html
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research: http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/index.php
Histology Wet Lab, Temple University: http://astro.temple.edu/~sodicm/labs/index.htm
Internet Atlas of Histology, University of Ilinois: http://www.med.uiuc.edu/histo/medium/atlas/index.htm
Microanatomy Web Atlas, University of Texas Medical Branch: http://cellbio.utmb.edu/microanatomy/default.htm
Plant Anatomy Laboratory, Texas University: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/
Tissues of the Human Body. McGrawHill: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/histology ... modov.html
Veterinary Histology Course, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine: http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8054/VM8054HP.htm ... 8054HP.htm
APC100 Comparative Organology, Univ. of Davis: http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/ ... index.html
Blue Histology, School of Anatomy and Human Biology - The University of Western Australia: http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/
Delta base Histology Atlas: http://www.deltagen.com/target/histolog ... Atlas.html
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research: http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/index.php
Histology Wet Lab, Temple University: http://astro.temple.edu/~sodicm/labs/index.htm
Internet Atlas of Histology, University of Ilinois: http://www.med.uiuc.edu/histo/medium/atlas/index.htm
Microanatomy Web Atlas, University of Texas Medical Branch: http://cellbio.utmb.edu/microanatomy/default.htm
Plant Anatomy Laboratory, Texas University: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/
Tissues of the Human Body. McGrawHill: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/histology ... modov.html
Veterinary Histology Course, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine: http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curricul ... 8054HP.htm
APC100 Comparative Organology, Univ. of Davis:
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/ ... index.html
Blue Histology, School of Anatomy and Human Biology - The University of Western Australia: http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/
Delta base Histology Atlas: http://www.deltagen.com/target/histolog ... Atlas.html
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research: http://www.gfmer.ch/selected_images_v2/index.php
Histology Wet Lab, Temple University: http://astro.temple.edu/~sodicm/labs/index.htm
Internet Atlas of Histology, University of Ilinois: http://www.med.uiuc.edu/histo/medium/atlas/index.htm
Microanatomy Web Atlas, University of Texas Medical Branch: http://cellbio.utmb.edu/microanatomy/default.htm
Plant Anatomy Laboratory, Texas University: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/
Tissues of the Human Body. McGrawHill: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/histology ... modov.html
Veterinary Histology Course, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine: http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curricul ... 8054HP.htm
Histology of Digestive, Respiratory, Circulatory Sys.
Histology of the Tooth; Histology of the Small Intestine; Liver hepatocytes; Pancreatic Islets; Trachea; Pseuodstratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium with Goblet Cells; Alveoli; Renal Tubules; Cardiac Muscle Tissue; Cross-section through an Artery & a Vein; Hematology; Neutrophil; Lymphocyte; Monocyte
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