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High Power of Submandibular Gland
This is a higher power micrograph of the mucous acini seen in the preceding image (# 19). Aside from the special mucicarmine staining technique demonstrating mucous acinar cells as fuschia colored, note that they also exhibit the typical basally located flattened nuclei. Compare them to the nuclei of the serous acinar cells (B). Identify the remaining labelled structures.
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A - serous secretory cells |
C - lumen of mucous acinus |
