Difference between revisions of "Skeletal muscle"
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 2 November 2016
File:Skeletal striated muscle.jpg
Skeletal muscle. HPS stain. (WC/Nephron)
Skeletal muscle is a type of striated muscle under voluntary control.
Muscle biopsies are dealt with in the article neuromuscular pathology.
General
- Common incidental finding on biopsies and resections.
Anatomy and histology
Microscopic
Features:
- Long fibres with striations - key feature.
- Striations may be difficult to appreciate on cytology.
- Peripheral nuclei.
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Images
Cytology
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 1 - intermed mag.jpg
SM - intermed. mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 1a- high mag.jpg
SM - high mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 1a- very high mag.jpg
SM - very high mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 1b- very high mag.jpg
SM - very high mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 2a- high mag.jpg
SM - high mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 2b- high mag.jpg
SM - high mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 2a- very high mag.jpg
SM - very high mag.
- Skeletal muscle - FNA 2b- very high mag.jpg
SM - very high mag.