CONNECTIVE TISSUE  - Electron Microscopy

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Connective tissue - Cells
In this image, it is possible to observe a fibroblast surrounded by elastic and collagen fibers.
 

Macrophage in the proximity of a fat cell..
 
 

Eosinophil with many specific granules in the cytoplasm.
 

  Mastocyte, filled with eletrondense specific granules.

Connective Fibers- Collagen fibers

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Fibroblast  surrounded by collagen fibers.

Several collagen fibers in a dense irregular connective tissue.
 

Higher magnification of the collagen fibers.
 

Connective Fibers- Elastic fibers

Fibroblast surrounded by elastic fibers.
 

Micrograph showing a fibroblast's pseudopoda and elastic fibers.
 

Image showing the elastic fiber compounded by microfibrils and amorphous substance.