Hints for Slide CRR 05.
The source for this specimen should be obvious (and confidently so), provided you are familiar with the organ it represents.
- Note the texture (1) that occupies much of this specimen.
- Within this texture are numerous small "knots," about 200 micrometers in diameter, which are a most distinctive feature for this organ.
- You should be able to identify these "knots," as well several other details that comprise this region.
- Note that the texture appears quite different in the region indicated by (2).
- How does this region differ from that indicated by (1)?
- Note several prominent tubes, indicated by (3). What are these?
- This specimen may show certain features (such as vasa recta) more clearly than the slide in your reference collection.
No more hints.
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