HTC101 - Cumulative

Hilium

Entry or exit point of a vessel or nerve

Parenchyma

Functional tissue within an organ

Stroma

Non-functional (usually supporting) tissue within an organ

Stratified squamous epithelium

Epithelium for protection from physical wear and tear

Simple columnar epithelium

Epithelium with microvilli that increases surface area for absorption

Simple cuboidal epithelium

Epithelium that lines glands and ducts

Transitional epithelium

Epithelium found in urinary system that is very stretchy

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

Epithelium that traps and removes foreign particles from airways

Smooth Muscle Actin (SMA)

IHC marker that identifies smooth muscle tumors or disorders

Ki-67

IHC marker for tumor proliferation

Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)

IHC marker for cells that are ONLY normally found in the prostate, to diagnose if cancer that started there has metastasized elsewhere

Jones Methamine Silver

Stain for glomerular basement membranes

Gordon and Sweet’s silver stain

Stain for reticular fibers

Alcian blue

Stain for goblet cells

Golgi stain

Stain for Purkinje cells

Masson’s trichrome

Stain for identifying fibrosis