Pathology | Normal Histology - [click on image(s) below]
Seminal Vesicles
Function: secrete alkaline fluid (containing fructose, fibrinogen, and vitamin C) that contributes to the nutritive and supportive fluid to semen
Histologic features:
pseudostratified epithelial lining
prominent muscular wall arranged into two layers
central lumen is highly irregular, giving a “honeycomb” appearance from low power.
cells may have large atypical nuclei (“monster cells”) with lipofuscin in the cytoplasm -- the presence of golden-yellow pigment in these cells identifies them as a normal structure...
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