Hassall's corpuscle in thymus (mouse)

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Title Hassall's corpuscle in thymus (mouse)
Creator Poels, Lambert G.
Contributor Lambert G. Poels, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen; Paul H. K. Jap, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen
Date 2010-06-11
Subject thymic corpuscle (Hassalls); lymphoid tissue ; epithelioreticular cell (ERC)
Description Electron microscopy. The centre of a small Hassall's corpuscle consists of darker-stained cells (1) which are keratinizing and represent degenerating cytoplasmic remnants (2). (3) is an infiltrating monocyte and (*) indicate the presence of free keratohyalin granules from disintegrated epithelial cells. Flattened specialized epithelioreticular cells (4) are closely apposing to each other and show desmosomes (-->).
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Collection Poja Histology Collection - Lymphatic Tissues and Organs Subset
ARK ark:/87278/s6dr5xrr
Setname ehsl_heal
ID 890949
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dr5xrr
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