Der myofibrillenfreie Hof um die zentral gelegenen Zellkerne der Herzmuskelzelle ist gut erkennbar. Auch die im Sarkoplasma liegenden Lipofuszinpigmente mit ihrer gelblichen Färbung treten deutlich hervor. Die Glanzstreifen sind als feine Striche sichtbar. Zwischen dem Netzverband der Herzmuskelfasern befindet sich zell- und gefäßreiches Bindegewebe.

Legende:

	Branching cardiac muscle cells
	Intercalated disc
	Cardiac muscle cell with 2 nuclei
	Sarcoplasm with lipofuscin granules surrounding nucleus
	Fragmentation site
	Fibrocyte nucleus

Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E)

H&E is the most common survey stain, which shows cell nuclei and cytoplasmatic components.

Structures	Colour
Nuclei	blue
Cytoplasm	pale red
Connective-tissue fibres - Collagen - Reticular - Elastic	red - pale rose to red
Muscle tissue	red
Erythrocytes	red-orange

Dyes:

Hematoxylin

(e.g. hemalaun, Weigerts or Heidenhains iron-hematoxylin)
Hematoxylin is a positively charged dye (at low pH values). It therefore colors negatively charged (basophilic) structures blue, like the DNA of nuclear chromatin, the RNA of rough endoplasmatic reticulum, and the acidic glycosaminoglycans of hyaline cartilage.
Hematoxylin used in the preparation of iron varnish is Weigerts or Heidenhains iron-hematoxylin and in the preparation of aluminum varnish is hemalaun.

Eosin

Eosin is a negatively charged dye used for counterstaining. It stains all remaining structures different shades of red (acidophilic).

Thiazinrot

Thiazinrot behaves similar as eosin.

Bei der Zellverankerung der Herzmuskelzelle an den Disci intercalares werden drei strukturell und funktionell verschiedene Zellhaftarten unterschieden:

Gap junctions (Nexus) fördern die Ausbreitung der Membranerregung und synchronisieren dadurch die Muskelkontraktion.
Zonulae adhaerentes fungieren als Verankerung der Actinfilamente der Sarkomere an den beiden Zellenden.
Desmosomen (Maculae adhaerentes) verbinden die Zytoskelette der einzelnen Herzmuskelzellen untereinander über den Interzellularraum hinweg. Auf diese Weise entsteht eine mechanische Einheit.

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Specimen Nr. 01C

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Legende:

Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E)

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