Light micrograph of a section through the dermis of the skin stained with the Cajal-Gallego trichrome. With this method the collagen fibres are staine

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Light micrograph of a section through the dermis of the skin stained with the Cajal-Gallego trichrome. With this method the collagen fibres are stained in a bluish colour while the elastic fibres are magenta. The dermis is a thick layer of connective tissue and blood vessels.

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Keywords: biological, biology, cajal-gallego, cell, collagen, connective, dermis, elastic, epidermis, fibres, gland, haematoxylin-eosin, histological, histology, light, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, paraffin, photomicrograph, section, skin, tissue, trichrome