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 bone marrow (2) histology slide of bone marrow (3) histology slide of bone marrow

Bone Marrow

Prussian blue staining technique was used on these histology slides of bone marrow. Normal iron stores are seen as dark blue-staining material in the bone marrow. These histology slides all show a normal amount of iron stores.

These images are courtesy of CDC/Dr. Gordon D. McLaren.