General Biology Slide Set D

Description

Set D offers prepared slides of animal and plant structures in whole mount (w.m.), longitudinal section (l.s.) and cross-section (c.s.) preparations. Also available in CD-ROM format (see S750CD, below).

Histology of Humans and Mammals

• Ciliated epithelium, t.s., fallopian tube of pig
• Tendon, l.s., white fibrous tissue, fibers/cells
• Heart muscle, t.s. and l.s., human, branched fibers with central nuclei and intercalated discs
• Lymph gland, c.s., pig, lymphoid tissue
• Esophagus, c.s., cat, stratified squamous epithelium
• Stomach, c.s., cat, fundic with gastric glands
• Large intestine, c.s., stained for mucous cells
• Pancreas, pig, showing islets of Langerhans
• Thyroid gland, t.s., pig, glandular epithelium and colloid
• Adrenal gland, t.s., cat, through cortex and medulla
• Sperm, smear, bull spermatozoa
• Motor Nerve Cells, smear, spinal cord of cow
• Cerebrum, t.s., human, cortex with pyramidal cells
• Skin, human, palm, cornified epidermis, sweat glands

Zoology

• Fasciola hepatica, w.m., beef liver fluke
• Taenia, w.m., tapeworm mature proglottids
• Culex pipiens, w.m. (F), mosquito head and mouth parts
• Culex pipiens, w.m., male head and mouth parts
• Cimex lectularis, w.m., bed bug, adult

Cytology and Genetics

• Mitochondria, thin section, liver or kidney
• Golgi apparatus, t.s., through spinal ganglion
• Chloroplasts, in leaf Elodea or Mnium
• Aleurone grains, sec. of Ricinus endosperm
• Storage, c.s., liver or kidney vital stained with trypan-blue for storage in epithelial cells
• DNA in cell nuclei, Feulgen stained
• DNA and RNA, fixed and stained with methyl green to show DNA and RNA in different colors
• Giant chromosomes, from Chirionomus salivary gland, individual genes and puffs can be seen
• Human chromosomes, spread in metaphase for counting
• Meiotic and mitotic stages, c.s., crayfish testis, with nuclear spindles
• Maturation divisions, in ova of Ascaris megalocephala, iron-hematoxylin stained
• Cleavage stages, in ova of Ascaris meg., iron-hematoxylin stained

Bacteria and Diseased Human Organs

• Escherichia coli, bacteria from colon, Gram stained
• Eberthella typhi, typhoid fever, Gram stained, smear
• Tuberculosis, c.s., lung with tubercles in tissue
• Smoker's lung, c.s., human smoker's lung
• Liver cirrhosis, c.s., man, alcohol abuse
• Arteriosclerosis, c.s., human coronary artery with sclerotic wall
• Metastatic carcinoma (cancer), human liver

Embryology

• Sea urchin development, 2/4/8 cell stages
• Sea urchin development, morula, blastula, and gastrula
• Frog embryology, c.s., through blastula/blastocoel
• Frog embryology, c.s., larva, through organs

Ecology and the Environment

• Leaf, needle of fir, two types, healthy and acid-rain damaged
• Leaf of beech, c.s., two types, healthy and acid-rain damaged
• Bacteria from wastewater, smear

Botany

• Nostoc, filamentous colonies in gelatinous sheaths
• Desmids, strewn, mixed species
• Spahgnum, w.m., peat moss, leaf showing chlorophyll-bearing hyaline cells
• Triticum, c.s., wheat stem with central pith and circular arrangement of bundles
• Salvia, c.s., sage square stem, angular collenchyma

Specifications

• Type: General Biological Set
• Quantity: 50