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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

11. Oral Cavity

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11.9 Tongue

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Section of a human tongue.

This is a side-by-side view of groups of mucous acini (M) and serous acini (S) separated by striated muscle fibres (*).

The mucous acini show large glandular cells with a lightly stained cytoplasm, due to the partial extraction of water-soluble mucigen granules. Their nuclei are flattened at the base of the cytoplasm.

In contrast, the smaller glandular cells of the serous acini have a more heavily stained cytoplasm and a spherical basal nucleus (see Figure 11.12.).

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×350

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