Skin

epidermis

dermis

Skin -- Dermal-Epidermal Junction

melanocytes

Langerhans (antigen-presenting) cells

Intestine

microvilli “Striated Border”

epithelium

Basal

surface

Apical

surface

Cell -Cell Junctions

Intestinal Junctional Complex

TJ = Tight Junction

MV = MicroVilli

ZA = Zonula Adherens

D = Desmosomes

IF = Intermediate Filaments

Hemidesmisome

Joins basal surface of epithelium to basement membrane

Gap Junction

More Epithelium -- Liver

parenchyma

Portal triadHepatocytes and sinusoidal lining cells (Kupffer Cells and Endothelium)

Liver, Reticulin stain for Collagen

Liver, Electron Microscopy

Venule

Arteriole

AV shunt

M= metateriole

Mesentery - Microcirculation

capillary

Continuous endothelium

Fenestratedendothelium

Arterioles