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Last updated 30 March 2006

Trachea (transverse section)
Trachea H&E/Alcian blue. 9x
C=hyaline cartilage M=tracheal mucosa
T=trachealis muscle L=longitudinal muscle
(behind the trachealis)

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 12.4, p. 224

 

Tracheal layers
Tracheal layers H&E. 198x
E=respiratory epithelium LP=lamina propria
SM=submucosa F=dense fibro-elastic
tissue

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 12.5, p. 224

 

Intrapulmonary bronchus
Intrapulmonary bronchus H&E. 50x
1=pulmonary alveoli 2=duct of bronchial
gland
3=adventitia and
submucosa		 4=hyaline cartilage
5=serous acini 6=smooth muscle
7=pulmonary artery 8=serous acini
9=bronchial capillaries 10=mucous acini
11=broncial venule 12=bronchial epithelium
13=lamina propria 14=adventitia
15=pulmonary artery 16=bronchial artery

Eroschenko (1993) di Fiore's Atlas of Histology 7th
Ed. Plate 86, Fig. 1, p. 223

Michael Tam (c) 1999