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🔤 The Histology Alphabet 🔢 

A B C! Easy as 1 2 3! Simple as H&E!

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Key:

A = Tongue: skeletal muscle

B = Axilla: apocrine sweat gland

C = Lymph node: lymphoid follicle

D = Eye: cornea and iris

E = Bone: endochondral ossification

F = Heart: cardiac muscle

G = Nasal cavity: superior concha

H = Spinal cord: thoracic region

I = Mammary gland: infant

J = Thymus: blood vessel

K = Ureter: cross-section

L = Mammary gland: duct

M = Tooth: developing, early bell

N = Pancreas: lobules

O = Thyroid: colloid filled follicle

P = Parathyroid: older with adipocytes

Q = Bladder: detrusor muscle

R = Nerve: teased fibers

S = Epididymis

T = Cerebrum: artifact in grey matter

U = Inner ear: crista ampullaris

V = Tooth: developing, late bell

W = Bone Marrow: smeared, feathered edge

X = Appendix: cross section

Y = Submandibular gland: lobules

Z = Skin: thick, sole of foot

0 = Artery: muscular/distributing

1 = Thymus: connective tissue septa

2 = Uterus: gland during secretory phase

3 = Penis: vascular space of corpus cavernosa

4 = Epiglottis: developing

5 = Nerve: axons

6 = Ovary: vessel

7 = Bladder

8 = Intestine: developing

Patient: "so how does this drug work?"

Me: "uh....." *desperately trying to put biotransformation and chemoreceptors into layman's terms*

That’s “Atrial Flubber”