Friday, February 20, 2015

Small Intestine Microscopy Images

In the small intestine of the human body a network of capillaries transport nutrients including amino acids and carbohydrates. The images below were captured with a high power compound digital microscope.

Microscopy image of small intestine capillaries at 40x.
Small intestine capillaries captured at 40x under a compound microscope.

Capillaries under the microscope at 100x.
Small intestine capillaries captured at 100x under a compound microscope.

Small intestine capillaries under the microscope at 400x.
Small intestine capillaries captured at 400x under a compound microscope.

The microscope prepared slide of small intestine capillaries can be found in the Histology Microscope Prepared Slide Kit from Microscope World.