ABSTRACT

Key features:

  • High quality full color photographs and descriptive texts on the location and removal of the organs from the mouse
  • Instructive methods and clear visuals for trimming and orienting the organs for paraffin histology to obtain the best possible sections for analysis
  • Full color photomicrographs of the resulting section for each organ stained with hematoxylin and eosin demonstrating important features and landmarks for the histologist to ensure the optimal area for analysis is achieved 
  • All in one, easy to use guide organized by individual organs of the laboratory mouse
  • Spiralbound for easy reference in the lab

This "one-stop" guide offers an essential resource for any academic, research or development operation where mouse necropsy and/or histology are performed. Connecting the reader ‘from the mouse to the microscope’, it provides a detailed guide for locating, trimming, orientating and embedding of the most frequently investigated tissues collected in the laboratory mouse. It shows where the organs reside in the mouse, how to trim and embed them as well as the resulting optimal sections. This guide brings together the wealth of scattered information into one high-quality text, the emphasis is on providing knowledge that will help histologists and scientists get better results in any downstream assays where ideal sections are needed.

chapter |2 pages

Adrenal Glands

chapter |2 pages

Brain

chapter |2 pages

Brain - Trimming for Coronal Sections

chapter |2 pages

Diaphragm

chapter |2 pages

Eyes

chapter |2 pages

Femur

chapter |2 pages

Heart

chapter |2 pages

Kidneys

chapter |2 pages

Liver and Gallbladder

chapter |2 pages

Lung (Inflated)

chapter |2 pages

Lymph Nodes - Axillary

chapter |2 pages

Lymph Nodes - Mesenteric

chapter |2 pages

Male - Epididymis

chapter |2 pages

Male - Preputial Gland

chapter |2 pages

Male - Testes

chapter |2 pages

Pancreas

chapter |2 pages

Pituitary Gland

chapter |2 pages

Quadriceps Muscle

chapter |2 pages

Salivary Glands

chapter |2 pages

Sciatic Nerve

chapter |2 pages

Spinal Cord

chapter |2 pages

Spine

chapter |2 pages

Spine (Continued)

chapter |2 pages

Spleen

chapter |2 pages

Sternum

chapter |2 pages

Stomach - Open Method

chapter |2 pages

Stomach - Whole Method

chapter |2 pages

Stifle Joint

chapter |2 pages

Thymus

chapter |2 pages

Tongue

chapter |2 pages

Urinary Bladder

chapter |2 pages

Intestines

chapter |2 pages

Small Intestine - Duodenum

chapter |2 pages

Small Intestine - Jejunum

chapter |2 pages

Small Intestine - Ileum

chapter |2 pages

Large Intestine - Cecum

chapter |2 pages

Large Intestine - Colon

chapter |2 pages

Large Intestine - Rectum

chapter |4 pages

Materials and Methods