Pancreas (40x objective lens)


This high magnification view of the pancreas shows, in the lower left corner of the image, a single endocrine islet of Langerhans, surrounded by exocrine acini. A cross-sectioned intralobular collecting duct, composed of simple cuboidal epithelium, can be seen in the upper right-hand corner of the image. To the upper right of the duct is a blood vessel.
Stain = Iron hematoxylin & eosin

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