a-short-review-of-histology

Cardiac Muscle Cells: Continued

Identify the simple squamous epithelium lining the lumen of the artery
There are several layers of smooth muscle in the tunica media of this artery
These are all orientated in a circular fashion around the long axis of the artery
The tunica adventitia of this artery, stained red in this preparation, merges with the connective tissue around the skeletal muscle fibres

This micrograph shows a muscular artery supplying an area of skeletal muscle L = lumen of artery

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