Specimen Nr. 03B

Specimen:

Pancreas (Human being)

Staining:

Silver

Magnification:

70x

Important structures :

1.	Reticular fibres surrounding exocrine pancreatic cells
2.	Reticular fibres (cross section)

Retikuläres Bindegewebe bildet an der Oberfläche der Drüsenzellen des exokrinen Pankreasanteils ein stützendes Netzwerk. Die retikulären (argyrophilen) Fasern sind durch die Silberimprägnation als feine schwarze Striche sichtbar. Von den Pankreasdrüsenzellen hingegen sind vor allem die runden Zellkerne deutlich zu erkennen.

Legende:

	Reticular fibres surrounding exocrine pancreatic cells
	Reticular fibres (cross section)

Reticular connective tissue surrounding adipocytes[bu]

1.	Reticular fibres
2.	Vacuole of adipocyte

Silver impregnation

In silver impregnation an ammoniacal silver-hydroxide solution is absorbed by tissue structures and precipitated by a reducing agent.

This results in a black stain of:

reticular (“argyrophilic”) fibres
neurofibrils
glial filaments

Retikuläres Bindegewebe kommt in vielen Organen (z.B. Leber, Niere, Lunge, Drüsen) als zartes Netzwerk um die Parenchymzellen vor. Im Lymphknoten und der Milz bilden retikuläre Fasern zusammen mit den fibroblastischen Retikulumzellen ein schwammartiges Stützgerüst, in das die immunologisch aktiven Zellen eingelagert sind.

Magnification:

70x

Reticular fibres surrounding exocrine pancreatic cells

Reticular fibres (cross section)

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