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Notes

Fibrous connective tissue of the dermis occupies most of the area of this image.  Included are a conspicuous artery, several small veins, a small peripheral nerve, and a cluster of lymphocytes representing mild perivascular inflammatory infiltrate.

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

The pale background color represents unstained material, in this specimen 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 many red blood cells.


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