Integumentary System - Page 4

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Last updated 30 March 2006

Eccrine sweat glands
Eccrine sweat glands H&E. 198x, 480x
S=secretory portion D=excretory duct
M=myoepithelial cells

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 9.15a&b, p. 167

 

Apocrine sweat glands
Apocrine sweat glands H&E. 128x
Note the widely dilated lumen of the secretory
portion.

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 9.16, p. 168

 

Fingernail
Fingernail H&E. 5x, 20x
N=nail R=nail root
DP=distal phalanx F=nail fold
E=eponychium H=hyponychium

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 9.17a&b, p. 168

Michael Tam (c) 1999