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1
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How can you tell the testis on a histological slide?

A
  • Convoluted tubules sectioned in various planes
  • Spermatozoa in the lumen
  • Leydig cells in the interstitial spaces
2
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How can you tell the prostate on a histological slide?

A
  • Serous alveoli with infolding epithelium
  • Trabeculae of muscular stroma
  • Corpora amylacea in older men
3
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How can you tell a seminal vesicle on a histological slide?

A
  • No sperm in the lumen
  • Highly recessed and irregular lumen forming crypts and cavities giving a honey-combed appearance
  • Well developed muscular externa
4
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How can you tell the ductus deferens on a histological slide?

A
  • Lumen stellate in shape
  • Thick walled muscular tube
  • Epithelial lining and its supporting lamina propria are thrown into longitudinal folds