Saturday, December 4, 2010

Uterine Tube



Things to Identify:
Mucosa Layer- contains ciliated and nonciliated simple columnar cells

Penis Slide


Things to Identify:
Skin- keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
Tunica Albuginea
Corpora Cavernosa- superior to the urethra
Corpus Spongiosum- surrounds the urethra
Urethra- reindeer shaped area, epithelium in spongy (penile) urethra is stratified columnar

Prostate Slide

Spermatic Cord




The spermatic cord is a bundle of nerve fibers that is enclosed with nerve fibers and lymphatics in a connective tissue sheath. Contains the ductus deferens.

Things to Identify:
Ductus Deferens- contains sperm, has a wavy looking epithelium, pseudostratified epithelium
Blood Vessels
Arteries
Veins

Epididymis Slide



Things to Identify:
Epithelial Tissue: Pseudostratified columnar epithelium containing microvilli called stereocilia

Sperm Slide


Things to identify:
Sperm
Head- contains acrosome, a hydrolytic enzyme that enables the sperm to penetrate an egg
Midpiece
Flagellum- tail, makes sperm motile