LIST OF MICROSCOPE SLIDES REQUIRED DURING THE PRACTICAL EXAM:

Connective tissue proper 

• mesentery (loose connective tissue), collagen and elastic fibers
• yellow adipose tissue, Sudan III staining (lipids stained)
• yellow adipose tissue, lipids washed out (paraffin technique)
• 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)
• intramembraneousossification
• endochondralossification

Blood

• blood smear

Muscle tissue

• smooth muscle layer
• 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
• isolated, myelinated nerve fibers, osmium staining
• peripheral nerve
• posterior (dorsal) root ganglion
• spinal cord, Kluver-Barrera staining
• cerebellar cortex, Kluver-Barrera staining
• cerebral cortex, Kluver-Barrera staining 
• fibrous astrocytes in white matter of the brain

Vascular system

• mesentery, precapillary, nerve bundle and postcapillary venule
• artery and vein
• muscular artery stained for elastic components
• elastic artery stained for elastic components
• aorta
• vena cava
• vena saphena

Lymphatic system

• lymph node
• silver-stained lymph node
• spleen
• silver-stained spleen
• thymus
• palatine tonsil

Respiratory system

• olfactory mucosa
• trachea
• lung

Oral cavity

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

Salivary glands

• parotid gland
• sublingual gland
• submandibular gland

Alimentary canal

• esophagus
• stomach – fundus
• stomach – parietal cells in fundic glands
• pylorus
• duodenum
• jejunum
• ileum
• large intestine
• appendix

Glands of the alimentary canal

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

Integument

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

Endocrine system

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

Urinary system 

• kidney
• ureter
• urinary bladder

 Male reproductive system

• testis
• epididymis
• ductus deferens (vas deferens)
• prostate gland

 Female reproductive system

• ovary (ovarian follicles, corpus luteum, corpus albicans) 
• oviduct (Fallopian tube)
• uterus – body and fundus
• uterus – cervix
• vagina
• placenta
• extraplacental fetal membranes
• lactating mammary gland

Organ of vision

• anterior part of the eye
• retina
• eyelid