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Cardiac Muscle Histology

Primate - Alizarin blue

• Red Blood Cells (orange cells) Cardiac Muscle Cells (blue)
• Use a low magnification to find a part of the tissue in which the cardiac muscle cells are cut longitudinally.
• At high magnification you should see striations and the large nuclei of the cardiac muscle cells.
• Follow the course of individual cardiac muscle cells you will note fine, dark blue lines which seem to cross the fibres.
• These are the intercalated discs which connect the individual muscle cells and permit the conduction of electrical impulses between the cells.

Links: Heart Histology | Cardiac AZB Labeled | Cardiac AZB | Cardiac label LS | Cardiac LS | Cardiac label TS | Cardiac TS | Purkinje fibres | Purkinje fibres detail | Histology

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