Here are some more examples of the beauty of histology! Click on any image to see a larger version.

A hair follicle in skin (Masson's trichrome stain)

Kidney glomerulus (Masson's trichrome stain).

Embryonic blood cells inside a capillary, mouse brain (haematoxylin and eosin).

Blood vessel (haematoxylin and eosin).

Growth plate of a long bone (Alcian Blue/Van Gieson).

Mucin-filled cells in intestine, (Mayer's mucicarmine stain).

Connective tissue (MSB trichrome stain).

Muscle fibres (Masson's trichrome stain).

Muscle fibres (Masson's trichrome stain).

Cartilage (haematoxylin and eosin).

Muscle fibres stained for succinate dehydrogenase.

Bacteria in human tissue, fluorescent in situ hybridisation.

Bacteria in human placenta, fluorescent in situ hybridisation.

Bacteria in human tissue, fluorescent in situ hybridisation.

X and Y Chromosomes detected in human cells using fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH).