Pituitary gland (4x objective lens)


This low magnification image of the pituitary gland shows the light staining pars nervosa (to the left), the pars intermedia (center), containing basophilic cells and spaces filled with eosinophilic colloid, and the highly cellular pars distalis (to the right).
 
Stain = H&E

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