Anatomy A215 Virtual Microscopy

Anatomy A215 Virtual Microscopy

Chapter 9: The Digestive System

There are a number of divisions to the gastrointestinal tract. Here you will look at virtual microscopic slides of most of the regions, including the liver and pancreas.

	TONGUE (WITH VALLATE PAPILLA). Click for slide page.
	TONGUE (WITH FUNGIFORM AND FILIFORM PAPILLAE). Click for slide page.
	ESOPHAGUS Click for slide page.
	The mucosa of the STOMACH is complex, and the thick muscular wall has three muscle layers. Click for slide page.
	This virtual slide of the SMALL INTESTINE is a cross section of the ileum. Click for slide page.
	Each lobe of the LIVER is divided into many lobules, each formed by radially arranged cords or plates of hepatocytes (liver cells). Click for slide page.
	The PANCREAS is composed of two distinct types of glandular tissue, the pancreatic acini of the exocrine portion, and pancreatic islets of the endocrine portion. Click for slide page.

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