HISTOLOGY OF SUPRARENAL GLAND V.S.RASHMI PRIYEM ULTRA’S BEST DENTAL SCIENCE COLLEGE,MADURAI
CONSISTS OF OUTER CORTEX INNER MEDULLA
CORTEX 3 ZONES
OUTERMOST CELLS ARRANGED AS INVERTED OR U SHAPED OR ACINUS LIKE GROUPS CELLS SMALL POLYHEDRAL / COLUMNAR BASOPHILIC CYTOPLASM DEEPLY STAINING NUCLEI ZONA GLOMERULOSA
CELLS ARRANGED IN STRAIGHT COLUMNS TWO CELL THICK CELLS LARGE POLYHEDRAL BASOPHILIC CYTOPLASM VESICULAR NUCLEI ZONA FASCICULATA
INNERMOST MADE UP OF CORDS CELLS SMALLER MORE ACIDOPHILIC ZONA RETICULARIS
MEDULLA
GROUPS OF CELLS SEPARATED BY WIDE SINUSOIDS YELLOW GRANULES – POTASSIUM DICHROMATE CHROMAFFIN CELLS - PHEOCHROMOCYTES MEDULLA