🔤 The Histology Alphabet 🔢
A B C! Easy as 1 2 3! Simple as H&E!
Key:
A = Tongue: skeletal muscle
B = Axilla: apocrine sweat gland
C = Lymph node: lymphoid follicle
D = Eye: cornea and iris
E = Bone: endochondral ossification
F = Heart: cardiac muscle
G = Nasal cavity: superior concha
H = Spinal cord: thoracic region
I = Mammary gland: infant
J = Thymus: blood vessel
K = Ureter: cross-section
L = Mammary gland: duct
M = Tooth: developing, early bell
N = Pancreas: lobules
O = Thyroid: colloid filled follicle
P = Parathyroid: older with adipocytes
Q = Bladder: detrusor muscle
R = Nerve: teased fibers
S = Epididymis
T = Cerebrum: artifact in grey matter
U = Inner ear: crista ampullaris
V = Tooth: developing, late bell
W = Bone Marrow: smeared, feathered edge
X = Appendix: cross section
Y = Submandibular gland: lobules
Z = Skin: thick, sole of foot
0 = Artery: muscular/distributing
1 = Thymus: connective tissue septa
2 = Uterus: gland during secretory phase
3 = Penis: vascular space of corpus cavernosa
4 = Epiglottis: developing
5 = Nerve: axons
6 = Ovary: vessel
7 = Bladder
8 = Intestine: developing
9 = Lung: alveolar duct
90s babies we’re getting old
i don’t want to talk about it
Patient: “so how does this drug work?”
Me: “uh…..” *desperately trying to put biotransformation and chemoreceptors into layman’s terms*
“… witchcraft.”
Me: *asks patient what day it is*
Also me: *is on 2nd night shift in a row and has no fucking clue what day it is*
That’s “Atrial Flubber”