Key Histology Features

Instructions: Run your mouse over the histology slide want to view. Key histology features are described. If a link is present, click to view and listen to the histology audioslide.

(1) histology slide of skin (2) histology slide of skin (3) histology slide of skin (4) histology slide of skin (5) histology slide of skin (transverse section)

Skin

On histology slide (1), note the thick stratum corneum. On histology slides (2), (3) and (4) note the hair follicles and sebacious glands. On histology slide (5) notice the hair follicles and sebacious glands.

Histology hint from Sarah Bellham: A mnemonic for the layers of the skin: Canadian Ladies Give Superb Backrubs {corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, basale}.