Medium Vein 20X objective, 200X total
L=lumen, TA=tunica adventita, TM=tunica media, IEM=internal elastic membrane
Histo-Tips: When determining the orientation of the spinal cord, look for the ventral fissure.
BIOL523; Spring 2018; Connor
Histo-Tips: When determining the orientation of the spinal cord, look for the ventral fissure.
Comments
I don't think this is a
I don't think this is a medium vein - it has a lot of smooth muscle and is quite rounded. This looks like a muscular artery. I also don't think your labels for the two layers (TA and TM) are correct. TM is the whole section made up of smooth muscle. Then there's the external elastic membrane (which you can see - the dark squiggly lines). Then you have the tunica adventitia on the outside of that - which looks more like connective tissue; there aren't clear smooth muscle layers there. Please retake a picture of a medium vein. Thanks.