Online histology assignments - A&P2 Labs

The histology requirement for this course will be performed in Modified Mastering. In the study area of Modified Mastering is a section for Practice Anatomy Lab (PAL). Directions for accessing the study area are shown in iCollege (Course Information Files content folder, file = “PAL directions”). You need to study this area for the histology slide parts according to the assignment titles listed in the schedule. The histology quizzes in Modified Mastering will be based on those slides and will cover the location, anatomy, and/or physiology of those slides in PAL.

If the assignment title is numbered 1, 2, or 3, then it does not relate to the slides in order in the table below. Numbered assignments mean you are taking a random pool of questions from that titled assignment that many times. For example, Epithelial 1, Epithelial 2, and Epithelial 3 assignments all have pooled questions that cover all slides related to epithelial tissues on each assignment.

Each histology assignment will consist of up to 10 questions and have 2 attempts only (highest scoring attempt being the one that is used). There will be 10 histology assignments in total.

The histology questions on quizzes in iCollege and on the midterm/final exam will come from the histology slides taken in our on-campus labs. A file containing labeled images of these histology slides is in iCollege (A&P1 Lab = Ex06 content folder, file = “A&P1 Lab - Histology Drawings”; A&P2 Lab = Ex27 content folder = “A&P2 Lab - Histology Drawings”). Histology questions on quizzes in iCollege and on the midterm and final exam will ask you for the location, anatomy (structure = identification), and/or physiology (function) of the slides. The questions could cover the tissue in general or ask about any of the items listed in the labels part of the tables below.

A&P2 Lab quiz and midterm/final exam slides and structures:

Tissue

Total Magnification

Labels to be included in addition to list on template

Hypophysis (pituitary-anterior)

400X

5: Acidophil, basophil, chromophobe, nucleus, plasma membrane

Blood smear

400X

7: Erythrocytes, platelets, monocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils

Stomach

400X

7: Columnar epithelial cells, chief cells, parietal cells, gastric pits, lamina propria, gastric glands, submucosa

Duodenum

100X

9: Villi, duodenal gland, goblet cells, intestinal crypts, lamina propria, lumen, mucosa, muscularis mucosa, submucosa

Ileum 

100X

8: Peyer's patches, villi, intestinal crypts, lumen, submucosa, muscularis, lamina propria, muscularis mucosa

Kidney (renal cortex)

400X

5: Glomerulus, proximal convoluted tubule, distal convoluted tubule, glomerular capsule, glomerular capsular space

Testes

100X

4: Basal lamina, lumen of seminiferous tubule, spermatogonia, interstitial cells

Uterus – Menstrual phase

40X

4: Myometrium, Endometrium, Stratum basalis, Stratum functionalis

Uterus – Proliferative phase

40X

5: Myometrium, Endometrium, Stratum basalis, Stratum functionalis, glands

Uterus – Secretory phase

40X

5: Myometrium, Endometrium, Stratum basalis, Stratum functionalis, glands

Thyroid  and Parathyroid  Glands 

400X

3: Thyroid: colloid filled follicles, follicular cells, parafollicular cells
2: Parathyroid: chief cells, oxyphil cells

Adrenal Gland 

100X

5: Capsule, zona glomerulosa, zona fasciculate, zona reticularis, adrenal medulla

Pancreas 

400X

4: Acinar cells, islet cells, alpha cells, beta cells

Cardiac tissue

400X

3: Intercalated discs, sarcolemma, cardiac muscle cells

Artery 

40X

4: Tunica interna, tunica media, tunica externa, lumen of artery

Vein

40X

4: Tunica interna, tunica media, tunica externa, lumen of vein

Lung tissue

40X

5: Alveoli, alveolar sac, alveolar duct, bronchiole, capillaries

Large intestine (colon)

100X

5: Lumen, intestinal crypts, lamina propria, muscularis externa, muscularis mucosa

Whole ovary 

40X

9: Primary follicle, oocyte, secondary follicle, vesicular (Graafian) follicle, corpus luteum, corpus albicans, secondary oocyte, corona radiate, blood vessels