Cross Section Collection (#78)

Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum). Cross section through the inflorescence

Spleen cell, TEM
Spleen cell. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through a cell in the spleen, an organ located in the upper left side of the abdomen in vertebrate animals

Spleen cells, TEM
Spleen cells. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through cells in the spleen, an organ located in the upper left side of the abdomen in vertebrate animals

Lung alveoli and red blood cells, TEM
Lung alveoli and red blood cells. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through lung alveoli (blue) and red blood cells (red)

Spinal root nerves, SEM
Spinal root nerves. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a sectioned spinal root nerve bundle, showing individual axons, extensions of nerve cells)

Lung alveoli and blood cells, TEM
Lung alveoli and blood cells. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through lung alveoli and blood cells

Hippocampus neuron, TEM
Hippocampus neuron. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through a neuron from the hippocampus, a structure in the brain responsible for long-term memory

Moss stems, light micrograph. Transverse section through stems of a cord moss (Polytrichum commune). The outside of the stems, the epidermis, is made up of thick-walled cells

Fern frond, light micrograph. Transverse section through the frond of a fern (Cyrtomium falcatum), showing the sporangia. At left is a central vascular bundle (meristele)

Fern stem, light micrograph. Transverse section through a rachis (stem) of the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Under the outer epidermis (black) is a thin cortex (deep red)

Liverwort spore elaters, light micrograph. Transverse section through the sporangium of a liverwort (Pellia epiphylla). This is the basal portion of the sporangium

Nettle leaf trichomes, SEM
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf trichomes, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Trichomes (hair-like) are seen on the upper leaf surface

Horsetail stem, light micrograph. Transverse section through the stem of the common horsetail (Equisetum arvensis). The stem consists of an outer epidermis and an outer cortex of sclerenchyma cells

Monkey puzzle leaf, SEM
Monkey puzzle leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf of a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana)

Volcano section, 19th century artwork. Artwork from the 1886 ninth edition of Moses and Geology (Samuel Kinns, London). This book was originally published in 1882

Mushroom gill cap, light micrograph. Transverse section through the cap of a common mushroom (Psalliota sp.) showing the gill lamellae (white)

Fern rhizome, light micrograph. Transverse section through the center of a rhizome from the Killarney fern (Trichomanes speciosum)

Liverwort spores, light micrograph. Transverse section through the sporangium of a liverwort (Pellia epiphylla). Part of the sporangiums outer wall is at left

Clubmoss stem, light micrograph
Clubmoss stem, polarised light micrograph. Transverse section through the stem of the clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum. This is the central portion of the stem consisting of the inner cortex (red)

Birch leaf, SEM
Birch leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf from a birch tree (Betula sp.). The fracture has passed through the leaf

Rust fungus infection, light micrograph. Transverse section through a barberry (Berberis sp.) leaf infected by a parasitic rust (Puccinia sp.)

Fern spore capsule, light micrograph
Fern spore capsule, polarised light micrograph. Transverse section through the spororocarp (spore capsule) of the water fern pillwort (Pilularia globulifera)

Lily leaf, SEM
Lily leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf from a white water lily (Nymphaea alba)

Fat cells, TEM
Fat cells. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through fat (adipose) tissue. Each fat cell or adipocyte

Small lymphocyte, TEM
Small lymphocyte. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing the large central nucleus (brown) of a small lymphocyte (white blood cell)

Mitochondrion, SEM
Mitochondrion. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a mitochondrion in a nerve cell. Mitochondria are a type of organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells

Leaf section, SEM
Leaf section. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a fractured leaf. At top is a single layer of cells that forms the epidermis of the leaf

Nervous system, historical artwork
Nervous system. Historical artwork of cross sections through the human central nervous system. Illustration by Ernst Haeckel, published in the 1891 edition of his Anthropogenie

Kidney glomerulus, light micrograph
Kidney glomerulus. Coloured light micrograph of a section through the cortex of a healthy kidney, showing a glomerulus. The core of a glomerulus is formed of a tightly coiled capillary (purple)

Intestinal blood vessels, SEM
Intestinal blood vessels. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fracture section through the lining of the colon

Small intestine lining, light micrograph
Small intestine lining. Light micrograph of a section through the finger-like projections (villi) of the duodenum, the uppermost part of the small intestine

Cell organelles, SEM
Cell organelles. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a cell from a kidney proximal tubule. The cell nucleus (partially seen at top left)

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum, SEM
Endoplasmic reticulum. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) (orange, centre left) in the cytoplasm of a kidney cell

Cell nucleus, SEM
Cell nucleus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through the nucleus (centre right) of a kidney cell

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