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| Slide/Structure | Key Identifying Feature Under the Microscope |
|---|---|
| Enamel (ground section) | Enamel rods/prisms with a "keyhole" or "fish-scale" cross-sectional pattern; Hunter-Schreger bands (alternating light/dark bands from changing rod direction); incremental lines of Retzius (growth lines) |
| Dentin (ground section) | Parallel dentinal tubules running from the pulp to the DEJ, often S-shaped ("primary curvature"); incremental lines of von Ebner; interglobular dentin (unmineralized areas) near the DEJ in some sections |
| Cementum | Thin layer with incremental (Salter's) lines; cellular cementum shows cementocytes in lacunae (apical 1/3), acellular cementum lacks cells (coronal 2/3) |
| Pulp | Peripheral single layer of tall columnar odontoblasts, sub-adjacent cell-free zone of Weil, then cell-rich zone, with central loose connective tissue containing vessels/nerves |
| PDL (H&E section) | Dense, obliquely oriented collagen fiber bundles running between cementum and alveolar bone, with fibroblasts, epithelial cell rests of Malassez visible as small clusters/strands |
| Parotid gland | Purely serous acini (round nuclei, granular basophilic cytoplasm), abundant adipose tissue interspersed, NO serous demilunes |
| Submandibular gland | Mixed acini with classic serous demilunes capping mucous tubules - the single most identifiable histology spot for this gland |
| Sublingual gland | Predominantly mucous acini (pale, foamy cytoplasm, flattened basal nuclei), fewer serous demilunes than submandibular |
| TMJ section | Articular surface lined by dense FIBROCARTILAGE (not hyaline), biconcave fibrocartilaginous disc dividing the joint into upper and lower synovial-lined compartments |
| Tongue (circumvallate papilla region) | Large papilla surrounded by a moat-like trench, taste buds along the lateral walls, serous (Von Ebner) glands opening into the base of the trench |
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