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SLIDE NAME
MH 010 Mitochondria
TISSUE
Small Intestine (rat)
Liver (rat)
STAIN
Iron Hematoxylin
FIXATIVE
10% Formaldehyde
IMAGE SIZE
34,920 x 45,105 pixels
5.9 GB
FILE SIZE
1.62 GB
OBJECTIVE
40x
PIXEL SIZE
0.3171 µm
SOURCE
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
School of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

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MH 010 Mitochondria

What dye(s) was used to stain these sections? [ + ]

Iron hematoxylin

What organelle is stained by this dye? [ + ]

Mitochondria

Describe the staining in the : [ + ]

Mitochondria can be distinguished as darkly stained, thread-like structures in the apical cytoplasm of some cells. They appear as dark grey lines that run parallel to the long axis of the cell and perpendicular to the cell surface.

Describe the staining of in the liver: [ + ]

The cytoplasm is filled with so many mitochondria that individual ones cannot be seen. The nucleoli are also intensely stained.

What is the primary function of this organelle? [ + ]

Energy production
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