Branch of life science that deals with the study of cells in terms of structure, function and chemistry

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Metastatic seminoma of supraclavicular lymph node

Myxoid liposarcoma, microscopy

3D depth-coloured transparent mouse mammary gland

Microscope drawings of plant cells in glass tubes. Coloured lithograph by C. Varley, c.1834.

Thyroid nodule smear showing hematoidin crystals

MGG stained smear of a C2 vertebral chordomal mass

Squamous carcinoma of lacrimal gland, microscopy

Microscope drawings of plant anatomy with cells and tissues of stonewort (Chara and Nitella species). Lithograph after C. Varley, c.1834.

Papanicolaou stained smear of a clival chordoma, microscopy. Chordomas are cancers formed of cells which resemble those of the notochord (spine) of a developing foetus. Although they can present anywhere within the spine and skull, the majority grow in the sacral region of the spine, corresponding to the lower back. This image shows a Papanicolaou (Pap) stained smear obtained from a needle biopsy of a chordoma in the clivus, a part of the cranium at the base of the skull.

Section of a cystic mass isolated from the parotid gland

Microscope drawings of plant anatomy with cells and growing points. Lithograph after C. Varley, c.1834.

Multinucleated giant cell containing an asteroid, microscopy.

Coated vesicles.

Tissue & cell

Zur Geschichte der Zelltheorien / ein Vortrag von Richard Altmann.

The cell : a very short introduction / Terence Allen and Graham Cowling.

Cellular pathology : as based upon physiological and pathological histology; twenty lectures delivered in the Pathological Institute of Berlin during the months of February, March, and April, 1858 / by Rudolf Virchow; translated from the second edition of the original by Frank Chance; with notes and numerous emendations, principally from ms. notes of the author.

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Cytology

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Coated vesicles.

Tissue & cell

Zur Geschichte der Zelltheorien / ein Vortrag von Richard Altmann.

The cell : a very short introduction / Terence Allen and Graham Cowling.

Cytology

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cytology

Works from the collections

Coated vesicles.

Tissue & cell

Zur Geschichte der Zelltheorien / ein Vortrag von Richard Altmann.

The cell : a very short introduction / Terence Allen and Graham Cowling.

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