HISTOLOGY

All of the histology you are required to know in the lab will come from a website put together by Loyola University (www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded/Histo/frames/histo_frames.html). This site includes numerous wonderful histology slides, so I have picked the ones most relevant to this course and listed them below. The slides listed are the ONLY ONES you will be held responsible for in a practical.

Integument

Part 13-Integument

*slides 1, 2, & 3

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Compact Bone

Part 9-Bone

*slides 40, 41, 42, 43, 47

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Muscle types

Part 7-Muscle

*smooth muscle: slides 41 & 42

*skeletal muscle: slide 45

*cardiac muscle: slide 48

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Digestive system

Part 17-Gastrointestinal tract

*different layers: slides 4

*esophagus: slides 6, 7, & 8

*stomach: slides 8, 9, & 10

*small intestine: slides 15, 17, 22

*large intestine: slide 25

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Blood vessels

Part 8-Cardiovascular

*artery: slide 12

*vein: slide 15

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Brain and spinal cord

Part 6-Neural tissue

*spinal cord: slide 1

*brain white & gray matter: slide 26 & 28