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Notes

A small amount of subcutaneous adipose tissue appears near the center of this image.  Fibrous connective tissue of the dermis occupies the remaining regions and includes a conspicuous artery, several small veins, a portion of a sweat gland, and a pair of small peripheral nerves.  

The pink color in this image represents eosinophilic material, in this case mostly one of the following:

The pale background color represents unstained material, in this case one of the following:.

The very dark purple (nearly black) spots are cell nuclei.  At this resolution, they cannot be individually identified except by context.

Bright red within the artery represents clumped-together masses of red blood cells.


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