DIGESTIVE SYSTEM- Light microscopy
 Oral Mucous Membrane, Tongue, Teeth and the Periodontal membrane.

 Oral Mucous Membrane

Image from the mucous membrane observed in the oral cavity.
 

Tongue

Micrography from the dorsum of the tongue showing fungiform papilla.
 

Filiform papillae in a higher magnification, detailed  image from the dorsum of the tongue. 

Image from the taste buds, located in the vallate papillae.
 
 
 
 

Teeth and the Periodontal Membrane

This image shows a teeth in development.
 

Interface area between the odontoblasts (Dentin) and ameloblasts (Enamel). .
 

...Images from odontoblasts and ameloblasts.

Higher magnification from the interface area between enamel and dentin.

Interface area between dentin and the cementum
 
 

Image from the cementum showing the lacunae occupied by the cementocytes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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