Human Histology: A Text and Atlas for Physicians and Scientists

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Eye The eyeball is formed by three distinct layers. The outermost fibrous corneoscleral layer comprises the translucent cornea and the nontransparent sclera. The middle layer is the uvea, a vascular layer that also includes the choroid (choroidea) as well as…

Nervous tissue Nervous tissue forms the parenchyma of the nervous system, and it is composed of neurons and glial cells. The major glial cell types of the central nervous system (CNS) are the astrocytes (astroglia), oligodendrocytes (oligodendroglia) microglia and ependymal…

Hypophysis (pituitary gland) Hypophysis, together with the hypothalamus is considered to be the master organ of the endocrine system influencing all the endocrine functions of the body. It is composed of an anterior lobe (adenohypophysis) that derives from the ectoderm…

Ovary Ovary is covered by a single layer of low cuboidal cells (germinal epithelium) that transitions into a mesothelial cell lining near the mesovarium. The epithelium is attached to a dense connective tissue tunica albuginea that is thinner than the…

Testis and epididymis Most of the testis and the epididymis are covered with a thin serous membrane layer, the tunica vaginalis, which is formed by mesothelial cells and the underlying loose connective tissue lamina propria serosae. Under the tunica vaginalis,…

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Nasal cavity The initial part of the airways are the nasal cavities that – apart from the vestibule, the cavity of the external nose that is lined with stratified squamous keratinized epithelium – are covered with kinociliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium…

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Esophagus The mucous membrane of the esophagus (oesophagus) is covered by stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium. The lamina propria is composed of loose connective tissue with lymphatic elements that form occasional lymphatic follicles. The muscularis mucosae is remarkably thick and it…