Mucous connective tissue (40x objective lens)


This higher magnification image from the human umbilical cord shows mucous connective tissue, consisting of sparsely scattered cells; fine collagen fibers; and lots of unstained ground substance. About half of the nuclei seen belong to fibroblasts and the other half to macrophages, although it is usually not possible to tell them apart.
Stain = H&E.

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