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