Aorta wall, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of a cross-sectioned wall of a human aorta stained with the Cajal-Gallego method for the demonstration of elastic elements. The method allows a clear distinction between the tunica media with abundant elastic lamellae (stained magenta by fuchsin) and the tunica adventitia, which is rich in collagen fibres (stained blue by indigo carmine).

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, adventitia, aorta, artery, biological, biology, blood, carmine, circulatory, elastic, healthy, histological, histology, human, indigo, intima, light, lm, media, micrograph, microscopy, muscle, muscular, normal, smooth, tissue, tunica, vascular, vessel