Set contains five slides...
- Stomach (human) — View on low magnification to study the many layers that make up your stomach.
- Heart (human) — Cardiac muscle is the muscle that makes up the wall of the heart. Cardiac muscle is striated and has many nuclei, the nuclei are centrally located.
- Human blood — View under 400X magnification, notice the unique shape of the blood cells.
- Kidney (small mammal) — This is a section of the whole kidney, yours has a similar shape, but is much larger.
- Brain (mammal) — Notice the folds of the brain tissue. At high magnifications you can see neurons (nerve cells). The small specks are Nueroglial cells.
Did you know...
- Blood makes up 7% of your weight.
- The average adult has 1.25 gallons of blood in their system wheras a newborn only has one cup.
- The heart works non-stop your whole life, it never takes a break.
- A Human adult brain weighs about three pounds and is about 78% water.
- The brain has no pain sensors and brain surgery is often while the patient is awake.
- A healthy stomach has an acidity level (pH) of two which is around one million times more acid than pure water.
- During a lifetime, your kidneys clean over one million gallons of blood.