Lab exam slides – DDS

LIST OF MICROSCOPE SLIDES REQUIRED DURING THE PRACTICAL EXAM:

 

Connective tissue proper 

  • loose connective tissue (mesentery) – collagen and elastic fibers
  • yellow adipose tissue, Sudan III staining (lipids stained)
  • mast cells in mesentery, metachromatic staining
  • tendon

Cartilage and bone

  • hyaline cartilage
  • elastic cartilage stained for elastic components
  • compact bone, decalcified longitudinal section
  • compact bone, decalcified cross section
  • compact bone, ground longitudinal section
  • compact bone, ground cross section
  • spongy bone (cancellous bone)
  • intramembraneous ossification
  • endochondral ossification

Blood

  • blood smear

Muscle tissue

  • smooth muscle membranes
  • skeletal muscle, longitudinal section
  • skeletal muscle, cross section
  • cardiac muscle, longitudinal section
  • cardiac muscle, cross section

Nervous tissue

  • multipolar nerve cells in spinal cord stained for Nissl bodies
  • peripheral nerve
  • posterior (dorsal) root ganglion

Vascular system

  • precapillary vessel and postcapillary venule (mesentery)
  • artery and vein
  • muscular artery stained for elastic components
  • elastic artery stained for elastic components
  • aorta
  • vena cava
  • vena saphena

Lymphatic system

  • lymph node
  • lymph node (silver-stained)
  • spleen
  • spleen (silver-stained)
  • thymus

Respiratory system

  • olfactory mucosa
  • trachea
  • lung

Oral cavity

  • lip
  • tongue – filiform and fungiform papillae
  • tongue – foliate papillae
  • tongue – circumvallate papillae (von Ebner’s glands)
  • palatine tonsil

Salivary glands

  • parotid gland
  • sublingual gland
  • submandibular gland

Tooth and its development:

  • tooth – ground section
  • tooth – section with periodontium
  • early tooth development
  • late tooth development

Alimentary canal

  • esophagus
  • stomach – fundus
  • pylorus
  • duodenum
  • jejunum
  • ileum
  • large intestine
  • appendix

Glands of the alimentary canal

  • liver
  • liver silver-stained
  • dye-injected liver
  • pancreas

Integument

  • thick skin
  • thin skin (hairy skin), cross sections of hair follicles
  • thin skin (hairy skin), longitudinal sections of hair follicles

Endocrine system

  • pituitary gland (hypophysis)
  • thyroid gland
  • parathyroid gland
  • adrenal gland
  • pancreas – islets of Langerhans

Urinary system 

  • kidney
  • ureter
  • urinary bladder

 Male reproductive system

  • testis
  • epididymis
  • ductus deferens (vas deferens)

 Female reproductive system

  • ovary (ovarian follicles, corpus luteum) 
  • oviduct (Fallopian tube)
  • uterus – body and fundus
  • vagina