Lab Practical #1

Areolar - “hairball”

Location: around nerves, blood vessels, pericardium

Reticular - “fishnet/lightning”

Locations: spleen, lymph nodes, liver, bone marrow

Adipose clear stain - “fish scales”

Location: hypodermis, padding around kidneys, heart, eye

Adipose metallic stain - “Dalmatian”

Location: hypodermis, padding around kidneys, heart, eye

Dense Regular - “boring”

Location: tendons (m2b) ligaments (b2b)

Dense Irregular - “wallpaper”

Locations: dermis, joint capsules, periosteum, perichondrium

Hyaline Cartilage - “googly eyes”

Locations: fetal skeleton, ends of long bones, ribs

Elastic Cartilage - “calamari”

Locations: ear, epiglottis

Fibrocartilage - “blue”

Locations: pubic symphysis, Intervertebral discs, meniscus

Osteocyte - “tree ring”

Locations: outer portions of bone (humerus, femur, etc)

Blood

Locations: everywhere

Simple Squamous - “pomegranate”

Locations: peritoneum, alveoli, glomerulus of kidneys

Simple Cuboidal - “Simple Cuboidal”

Locations: Kidney tubules, eye, surface of ovary & thyroid gland

Simple Columnar

Locations: lining of stomach, small intestines

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar - PSCCE

Locations: Nasal cavity, trachea, bronchi

Stratified squamous keratinized - “Ocean”

Locations: epidermis

Stratified Squamous Non-Keratinized - “Lake”

Locations: mouth, esophagus, vaginal canal

Transitional - “starfish”

Locations: bladder, ureter