histo: connective vs. smooth muscle

[rhiannon777]

How can you tell the difference between dense regular CT and smooth muscle on histo slides? Thanks!

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[Tristy]

Boo!!! Go to Allo with that question or grab a book! Adios amigo, no estoy de humor, tengo sueño, y tengo que estudiar

 

[MattD]

Boo!!! Go to Allo with that question or grab a book! Adios amigo, no estoy de humor, tengo sueño, y tengo que estudiar

What?







Ever seen a nucleus in a chunk of connective tissue? They don't really look much alike. But if you're having trouble the best bet is to look at lots of slides of both, and try to identify the differences, like those newspaper games

 

[Hayden2102]

Fibrocyte nuclei will have a more "twisted" appearance; smooth muscle nuclei will be much smoother and more rounded.

 

[rhiannon777]

Ever seen a nucleus in a chunk of connective tissue? They don't really look much alike.

You'd be amazed what looks alike when your school decides to save money by having a grad student make your slides.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

This website is why I am passing histo:

http://www.bu.edu/histology/m/i_main00.htm

 

[MattD]

You'd be amazed what looks alike when your school decides to save money by having a grad student make your slides.

hahahaha, so true.....

 

[coffeebythelake]

You'd be amazed what looks alike when your school decides to save money by having a grad student make your slides.