Muscular Dystrophy
by Patrick Landmann/science Photo Library
Title
Muscular Dystrophy
Artist
Patrick Landmann/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Muscular dystrophy. Confocal light micrograph images of a section through muscle tissue affected by muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder typified by muscle wasting and loss of function. The tissues in the sample include: muscle fibres (purple), mesenchymal tissue (green and yellow), and fat (adipose) tissue (black). This tissue is showing adipose metaplasia, where muscle is being replaced by fat. This is a characteristic symptom of muscular dystrophy.
Uploaded
September 16th, 2018
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Muscular Dystrophy. Click here to post the first comment.