This document provides an overview of human skin histology at the microscopic level. It describes the main tissue layers that make up skin (epidermis, dermis, hypodermis) and common cell and structure types found within each layer. Key structures highlighted include hair follicles, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, blood vessels, nerves, and specialized sensory receptors like Meissner's and Pacinian corpuscles. Comparisons are made between thin and thick skin types, as well as different hair follicle and gland morphologies. The purpose is to serve as a guide for identifying and interpreting features seen under the microscope in skin histology slides.
26. ECCRINE GLAND:
Coiled portion in
deep dermis (HPO)
• SECRETORY PORTION
– Pale
– More cross sectional
profiles, some tangential
and bizarre-shaped
(=tadpole)
• DUCTAL PORTION
– Dark
– Fewer, more regularly
rounded profiles