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SLIDE NAME
MH 053 Smooth Muscle
TISSUE
Smooth Muscle, Intestine
(monkey)
STAIN
Hematoxylin & Eosin
FIXATIVE
Zenker's Formaldehyde
IMAGE SIZE
41,710 x 6,590 pixels
1.0 GB
FILE SIZE
35 MB
OBJECTIVE
40x
PIXEL SIZE
0.3171 µm
SOURCE
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
School of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

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MH 053 Smooth Muscle

Smooth Muscle

Smooth muscle is non-striated, involuntary muscle found in many locations. Smooth muscle cells are spindle-shaped with a centrally located nucleus.

  • : in relaxed smooth muscle, the nuclei are elongated with rounded ends. When contracted, the spiral, kink, or twist. The cytoplasm is pink, non-striated and with little detail.
  • : individual cells vary in diameter depending on their location within the cell. Cross-sections through the middle of cells have , usually surrounded by an unstained region.

The ultrastructure of smooth muscle cells is seen in cross-section and longitudinal sections in EM 126 Smooth Muscle by transmission electron microscopy.

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