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Simple Squamous Epithelium
(Label 1 cell, cell membrane,
nucleus)
1 cell
Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
(Label 1 cell, cell membrane,
nucleus)
nucleus
cell
membrane
cell
membrane
microvilli
one cell
Simple Columnar Epithelium
(Label 1 cell, cell membrane,
nucleus, microvilli)
one cell
nucleus
cell
membrane
Stratefied Squamous Epithelium
(Label 1 cell, cell membrane,
nucleus, underlying dermis)
*Make sure you are on the right part of the slide!
The stratified squamous is the multiple layers at the top!
(It’s the top layers of skin!)
dermis
cilia
cell
membrane
one cell
Different tissue, not epithelium
Pseudostratified Columnar
Epithelium
(Label 1 cell, cell membrane,
nucleus, cilia)
nucleus
nucleus (dot)
lipid (white)
one cell
Adipose Tissue
(Label 1 cell, cell membrane,
nucleus, lipid (fat))
cells (dot- can see
nucleus in some)
Areolar Tissue
(Label 1 cell,
matrix (nonliving parts))
matrix
(fibers)
cells (purple ovals)
Dense Connective Tissue
(Label 1 cell,
matrix (nonliving parts))
matrix (pink, nonliving
material)
matrix (light purple, nonliving
material, most of slide)
cell
s
Hyaline Cartilage
(Label 1 cell, nucleus,
matrix (nonliving parts))
matrix (pink, nonliving
material, most of slide)
cells (purple ovals)
Elastic Tissue
(Label 1 cell,
fibers (matrix))
cells (black ovals)
matrix (whitish rings)
Compact Bone (ground)
(Label 1 cell,
matrix)
**The “bulls-eye” is not one cell. It is a group of cells, with a canal in the middle.
cells (in small cavity)
matrix (pink,
most of slide)
Spongy Bone (ground)
(Label 1 cell,
matrix)
bone marrow, not bone!
*Be careful! Make sure you focus on some of the pink spongy bone,
NOT only on the bone marrow- see diagram.
White blood cells (dyed
purples, only a few!)
Blood (liquid tissue)
(Label red blood cells,
white blood cells,
platelets)
red blood cells
platelet (very small dot)
one cell
Striations (lines)
nucleus
Skeletal muscle
(Label one cell, nucleus and
striations)
**Striations are hard to see- they do NOT go the same direction as the
cell- they go perpendicular (90 degrees) like markings on a ruler.
***Notice they have more than one nucleus per cell! 
nucleus
one cell
Smooth muscle
(Label one cell, nucleus)
**There are no striations on smooth muscle cells. If you get a slide that
says “teased,” they were pulled out so you can see individual cells.
Intercalated disc
one cell
nucleus
Cardiac muscle
(Label one cell, nucleus, striations,
intercalated disc)
**Striations are hard to see- they do NOT go the same direction as the
cell- they go perpendicular (90 degrees) like markings on a ruler.
***The intercalated discs allow communication between cells. One cell
is from one disc to another- they define the lateral borders.
axons
glial cells
one cell
Neuron
(Label one cell, nucleus, cell
membrane, axon, glial cells)
**Glial cells are cells that help and support the neurons.
white blood cells
Leukemia (disease)
(Label red blood cells and white
blood cells)
red blood cells
The salmon/pink colored cells are red blood cells. They may be in
clumps on our slide.
The purple cells are dyed white blood cells. There are MANY more
white blood cells than normal (in a normal slide, you only see 2 or 3)
Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells.