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Parathyroids

  

Workbook tasks

Slide 54: Parathyroid glands

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This slide is a section through the parathyroid glands.

Identify microscopically:

  1. Chief cells

  2. Oxyphil cells

  3. Support tissue

Draw and annotate:

A number of the different components in detail.

 

Reflection:
  1. How are chief cells and oxyphil cells distinguished from one another?
  2. How is the support tissue arranged?
 

Slides

Microscope

  1. An artery and vein
  2. Parathyroid gland
  3. Detail of the cells of the parathyroid gland
  4. Detail of the cells of the parathyroid gland
  5. Detail of adipose tissue and adjacent parathyroid gland
  6. Blood vessels supplying the parathyroid gland
  7. Blood vessels supplying the parathyroid gland
  8. Detail of blood vessels
  9. Detail of blood vessels

Integration

 

Macroscopy

  1. Briefly describe the position of the parathyroid glands and indicate the importance of anatomical variation.
  2. Explain embryologically the reasons for anatomical variation in the position of the parathyroids.

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Microscope

Low magnification view to show the parathyroid and surrounding tissues
Detail of the parathyroid, surrounding adipose tissue and a blood vessel
Parathyroid gland
Blood vessels in the parathyroid gland
Parathyroid gland
Parathyroid gland

Very low magnification

Very low magnification of the parathyroids

Low magnification

Medium magnification

High magnification

High magnification of the parathyroids
High magnification of the parathyroids
High magnification of the parathyroids

Very high magnification
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