muscle tissue sections

VIII - 6 Esophagus
striated & smooth musles
monkey H&E
VIII-6(Mu1)
esophagus - x1.25 objective lens

Adv - adventitia (connective tissue)
Muc - mucosa (epithel, connective tissue and muscles)
Mus - muscularis (bundles of smooth and striated muscles)
Sub - submucosa (connective tissue)
box - seen at higher magnification in fig VIII-6(Mu2)

VIII-6(Mu2)
esophagus - x4 objective lens

Ep - epithel (stratified squamous)
Muc - mucosa (epithel, connective tissue and muscles)
Mus - muscularis (bundles of smooth and striated muscles)
Sub - submucosa (connective tissue)
box - seen at higher magnification in fig VIII-6(Mu3)

VIII-6(Mu3)
esophagus - x10 objective lens

M(c) - Muscularis (circular sublayer)
M(l) - Muscularis (longitudinal sublayer)
SM(c) - smooth muscle (circular sublayer)
SM(l) - smooth muscle (longitudinal sublayer)
StM(c) - striated muscle (circular sublayer)
StM(l) - striated muscle (longitudinal sublayer)
black box - seen at higher magnification in fig VIII-6(Mu4)
blue box - seen at higher magnification in fig VIII-6(Mu5)

VIII-6(Mu4)
esophagus - x40 objective lens

N(SM) - nuclei of smooth muscle
N(StM) - nuclei of striated muscle
SM(c) - smooth muscle (circular sublayer)
StM(c) - striated muscle (circular sublayer)

VIII-6(Mu5)
esophagus - x40 objective lens

N(SM) - nuclei of smooth muscle
N(StM) - nuclei of striated muscle
SM(l) - smooth muscle (longitudinal sublayer)
StM(l) - striated muscle (longitudinal sublayer)