School Set of Microscopes Slides Set D

The School Set Of Microscope Slides Set D is the first of 4 slide sets especially curated for use in schools. Featuring 50 slides for subjects including zoology and histology, the slides are a great way for biology lessons to be more engaging.

Slide COntents

•  Human Biology:

  • Heart muscle, human, t.s. and l.s., branched fibres with central nuclei and intercalated discs
  • Cerebrum, human, t.s. of cortex showing pyramidal cells and fibrous region
  • Human skin from palm, v.s. showing cornified epidermis, germinative zone, sweat glands
• Zoology
  • ​Ciliated epithelium, in t.s. of fallopian tube of pig
  • Tendon of cow, l.s. showing white fibrous tissue, stained for fibres and cells
  • Lymph gland of pig, t.s. showing lymphoid tissue
  • Esophagus of cat, t.s. with stratified squamous epithelium, muscular layers
  • Stomach of cat, t.s. through fundic region showing gastric glands
  • Large intestine (colon), t.s. special stained for the mucous cells
  • Pancreas of pig, sec. showing islets of Langerhans
  • Thyroid gland of pig, sec. showing glandular epithelium and colloid
  • Adrenal gland of cat, t.s. through cortex and medulla
  • Sperm of bull (spermatozoa), smear
  • Motor nerve cells, smear from spinal cord of cow showing w.m. of motor nerve cells and their processes
  • Distomum hepaticum (Fasciola), the beef liver fluke, w.m. and stained for general study of internal organs
  • Taenia spec., tapeworm, w.m. of mature proglottids
  • Culex pipiens, mosquito, head and piercing- sucking mouth parts of female, w.m.
  • Culex pipiens, mosquito, head and reduced mouth parts of male, w.m. 
  • Cimex lectularius,  bed bug, w.m. of adult specimen

• Cytology and Genetics:

  • ​Mitochondria, in thin sec. through liver or kidney, special staining technique
  • Golgi apparatus, t.s. through spinal ganglion, special staining
  • Chloroplasts, in leaf of Elodea or Mnium, special
  • Aleurone grains, in sec. of Ricinus endosperm
  • Storage, section of liver or kidney, vital stained with trypan-blue to demonstrate storage in
  • epithelial cells
  • DNA in cell nuclei, demonstrated by Feulgen staining technique
  • DNA and RNA, fixed and stained with methyl green and pyronine to show DNA and RNA in
  • different colors
  • Giant chromosomes from the salivary gland of Chironomus. Individual genes and puffs can be observed
  • Human chromosomes, spread in the stage of metaphase, for counting chromosomes
  • Meiotic and mitotic stages in sec. of crayfish testis. Nuclear spindles are present
  • Maturation divisions in ova of Ascaris megalocephala, different stages, ironhematoxylin stained
  • Cleavage stages in ova of Ascaris megalocephala, ironhematoxylin stained
• Bacteria and Diseased Organs of Man
  • ​Escherichia coli, bacteria from colon, probably pathogenic, smear Gram stained
  • Eberthella typhi, causing typhoid fever, smear from culture, Gram stained
  • Tuberculous lung, t.s. of diseased human lung showing military tubercles in tissue
  • Coal dust lung (Anthracosis pulmonum), t.s. of human smoker's lung
  • Liver cirrhosis of man caused by alcohol abuse, t.s. showing degeneration of liver cells
  • Arteriosclerosis, t.s. of diseased human coronary artery showing sclerotic changes in the arterial wall
  • Metastatic carcinoma (cancer) of human liver, t.s.
• Embryology
  • ​Sea-urchin development (Psammechinus miliaris), composite slide with two cell, four cell and eight cell stages
  • Sea-urchin development (Psammechinus miliaris), composite slide with morula, blastula and gastrula stages
  • Frog embryology (Rana spec.), sec. trough the blastula stage showing the blastocoel
  • Frog embryology (Rana spec.), sag. sec. through young larva in the tail bud stage, with primordia of organs
• Ecology and Environment
  • ​Leaf (needle) of fir (Abies), two t.s. of leaves, healthy and damaged by environmental  influences (acid rain)
  • Leaf of beech (Fagus), two t.s. of leaves, healthy and damaged by environmental influences (acid rain)
  • Bacteria from waste-water, smear with many typical forms 

• Botany
  • ​Nostoc, blue green alga, filamentous colonies within gelatinous sheaths
  • Desmids (Desmidiaceae), strewn slide of various species
  • Sphagnum, peat moss, w.m. of leaf showing chlorophyll-bearing and hyaline cells.
  • riticum, wheat, t.s. of stem of a gramineous plant with central pith and circular arrangement of bundles
  • Salvia, sage, t.s. of a square stem with angular collenchymaa

School Set Slide Series

• 1004261 School Set of Microscope Slides Set A
• 1004262 School Set of Microscope Slides Set B
• 1004263 School Set of Microscope Slides Set C

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