Template:Papanicolaou1933 guinea pig and rat vaginal smear table
From Embryology
Vaginal Smear Comparison Table | |
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Guinea pig | Rat (Long and Evans) |
I. Superficial squamous cells with pyknotic nuclei; progressive leucopenia. | 1. Small round nucleated cells; disappearance of leucocytes. |
Intermediate (cornification) period
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Cornification period
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II, III, IV. Appearance of deep layer cells; reappearance and great exodus of leucocytes; gradual disappearance of cornifiecl cells; sometimes erythrocytes present. | 4. Leucocytic-cornified cell stage; reappearance of leucocytes; gradual disappearance of the cornified cells. |
V. Dioestrus: Leucocytes and atypical atypical vaginal cells. | 5. Dioestrus: Leucocytes and vaginal cclls. |
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