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I think the special "warning" should be removed now. This answer basically contains the same information as the top voted answer minus links to images, and names the specific structure seen in the picture.More
Can you please expand your answer with some references? Actually it is more a comment.More
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Update 3: Credit should go to @Cornelius and @DMSever for initially identifying the tissue correctly. I incorporated D M Sever's answer into mine (Update 2,below) because his answer is being down voted for brevity, but he is a recognized authority in the field. I'll remove his answer from mine if his answer ends up being retained.
I showed this question to my histological colleague. He suggested that the tissue is most likely a submucosal gland from either the duodenum (Brunner's glands) or the esophagus. My colleague also said that your image is quite similar to submucosal glands in the large intestine but the presence of smooth muscle surrounding the glands eliminates the large intestine.
Update 1: My histological colleague forwarded your question to one of his histological colleagues. He too said Brunner's gland.
Update 2: My histological colleague forwarded your question to his most trusted histological colleague. He said colon, specifically the transverse sections through Crypts of Lieberkuhn. He then signed on as @DMSever and posted a brief but authoritative answer. He's a veteran of histological affairs.
Here's a photo of Brunner's glands in the duodenum, taken from here.
Here's a photo of the esophageal submucosal glands, taken from here.
Update 3: Credit should go to @Cornelius and @DMSever for initially identifying the tissue correctly. I incorporated D M Sever's answer into mine (Update 2,below) because his answer is being down voted for brevity, but he is a recognized authority in the field. I'll remove his answer from mine if his answer ends up being retained.
I showed this question to my histological colleague. He suggested that the tissue is most likely a submucosal gland from either the duodenum (Brunner's glands) or the esophagus. My colleague also said that your image is quite similar to submucosal glands in the large intestine but the presence of smooth muscle surrounding the glands eliminates the large intestine.
Update 1: My histological colleague forwarded your question to one of his histological colleagues. He too said Brunner's gland.
Update 2: My histological colleague forwarded your question to his most trusted histological colleague. He said colon, specifically the transverse sections through Crypts of Lieberkuhn. He then signed on as @DMSever and posted a brief but authoritative answer. He's a veteran of histological affairs.
Here's a photo of Brunner's glands in the duodenum, taken from here.
Here's a photo of the esophageal submucosal glands, taken from here.
I know it is your colleague who delivered the final identification, but you are the one who went to the trouble to ask two other people on my behalf, so I give you the accepted answer. I hope your colleague doesn't mind.More
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I'm not really sure, but it seems like a cross section of intestinal villi / intestinal glands from the large intestine.
It is from the Colon - transverse sections through crypts of Lieberkuhn seen there.
For references see:
Wheater's Functional Histology p. 283 Fig. 14.29e
UNSW Embryology.
It is from the Colon - transverse sections through crypts of Lieberkuhn seen there.
For references see:
Wheater's Functional Histology p. 283 Fig. 14.29e
UNSW Embryology.
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Update 3: Credit should go to @Cornelius and @DMSever for initially identifying the tissue correctly. I incorporated D M Sever's answer into mine (Update 2,below) because his answer is being down voted for brevity, but he is a recognized authority in the field. I'll remove his answer from mine if his answer ends up being retained.
I showed this question to my histological colleague. He suggested that the tissue is most likely a submucosal gland from either the duodenum (Brunner's glands) or the esophagus. My colleague also said that your image is quite similar to submucosal glands in the large intestine but the presence of smooth muscle surrounding the glands eliminates the large intestine.
Update 1: My histological colleague forwarded your question to one of his histological colleagues. He too said Brunner's gland.
Update 2: My histological colleague forwarded your question to his most trusted histological colleague. He said colon, specifically the transverse sections through Crypts of Lieberkuhn. He then signed on as @DMSever and posted a brief but authoritative answer. He's a veteran of histological affairs.
Here's a photo of Brunner's glands in the duodenum, taken from here.
Here's a photo of the esophageal submucosal glands, taken from here.
Update 3: Credit should go to @Cornelius and @DMSever for initially identifying the tissue correctly. I incorporated D M Sever's answer into mine (Update 2,below) because his answer is being down voted for brevity, but he is a recognized authority in the field. I'll remove his answer from mine if his answer ends up being retained.
I showed this question to my histological colleague. He suggested that the tissue is most likely a submucosal gland from either the duodenum (Brunner's glands) or the esophagus. My colleague also said that your image is quite similar to submucosal glands in the large intestine but the presence of smooth muscle surrounding the glands eliminates the large intestine.
Update 1: My histological colleague forwarded your question to one of his histological colleagues. He too said Brunner's gland.
Update 2: My histological colleague forwarded your question to his most trusted histological colleague. He said colon, specifically the transverse sections through Crypts of Lieberkuhn. He then signed on as @DMSever and posted a brief but authoritative answer. He's a veteran of histological affairs.
Here's a photo of Brunner's glands in the duodenum, taken from here.
Here's a photo of the esophageal submucosal glands, taken from here.
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I'm not really sure, but it seems like a cross section of intestinal villi / intestinal glands from the large intestine.
Here are some images:
And this is one image from the last link:
I'm not really sure, but it seems like a cross section of intestinal villi / intestinal glands from the large intestine.
Here are some images:
And this is one image from the last link:
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