Lung - Bronchus (20x objective lens)


This medium magnification image shows the wall of an intrapulmonary bronchus. It is lined by a thin pseudostratified columnar epithelium resting on a lamina propria, containing mucous glands. Beneath the lamina propria is a large piece of hyaline cartilage.
Stain = H&E.

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