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ATLAS OF THE MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM FOR BIOLOGY.....continued ZOOLOGY - Amoeba proteus, showing nucleus and pseudopodia - Radiolaria, mixed species - Foraminifera, mixed species - Euglena, flagellate with eyespot - Trypanosoma gambiense, sleeping disease, blood smear - Plasmodium berghei, malaria parasite, blood smear - Paramaecium, nuclei stained - Sycon, marine sponge t.s. - Hydra, w.m. extended specimen - Hydra, t.s. of body - Obelia hydroid, w.m. of colony - Planaria, typical t.s. - Dicrocoelium lanceolatum, sheep liver fluke w.m. - Distomum hepaticum (Fasciola), beef liver fluke w.m. - Taenia saginata, tapeworm, proglottids t.s. - Taenia, tapeworm, w.m. of mature proglottids - Trichinella spiralis, l.s. of skeletal muscle showing encysted larvae - Ascaris, roundworm, t.s. of female in region of gonads - Lumbricus, earthworm, typical t.s. back of clitellum - Daphnia and Cyclops, small crustaceans - Araneus, spider, leg with comb w.m. - Araneus, spinneret w.m. - Dermanyssus gallinae, chicken mite, w.m. - Musca domestica, house fly, head and mouth parts - Musca domestica, leg with clinging pads - Apis mellifica, honey bee, mouth parts of worker - Apis mellifica, honey bee, wings - Apis mellifica, hind leg of worker with pollen basket - Apis mellifica, sting and poison sac - Apis mellifica, head with compound eyes and brain t.s. - Apis mellifica, abdomen of worker t.s. with intestine and nephridia - Periplaneta, cockroach, chewing mouth parts - Culex pipiens, mosquito, head and piercing-sucking mouth parts of female - Culex pipiens, mosquito, reduced mouth parts of male - Trachea from insect - Spiracle from insect - Pieris, butterfly, portion of wing with scales - Ctenocephalus canis, dog flea, w.m. - Cimex lectularius, bed bug, w.m. - Helix pomatia, snail, hermaphrodite gland (ovotestis), t.s. with developing ova and spermatozoa - Mya arenaria, clam, gill sec. with ciliated epithelium - Bird feathers, wing or vane and down feathers - Asterias rubens, starfish, arm (ray) t.s. showing tube feet, digestive gland, ampullae - Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Amphioxus), typical t.s. of body with gills, liver, and gonads. HISTOLOGY OF MAN AND MAMMALS - Squamous epithelium, isolated cells from human mouth - Ciliated epithelium, in t.s. of fallopian tube - Fibrous connective tissue of mammal - Tendon of cow, l.s. white fibrous tissue - Adipose tissue, stained for fat - Hyaline cartilage t.s. - Compact bone, t.s. cells, lamellae, and canaliculi - Striated muscle, l.s. showing nuclei and striations - Heart muscle, human, l.s. branched fibres with intercalated discs - Smooth (involuntary) muscle l.s. and t.s. - Lung of cat, t.s. showing alveoli - Human blood smear, red and white corpuscles - Frog blood smear, nucleated red corpuscles - Artery and vein of mammal, t.s. - Lymph gland of pig, t.s. showing lymphoid tissue - Thyroid gland of pig, sec. showing colloid - Adrenal gland of cat, t.s. through cortex and medulla - Oesophagus of cat, t.s. - Stomach of cat, t.s. fundic region - Small intestine of cat, t.s. - Large intestine (colon), t.s. stained for mucous cells - Liver of pig, t.s. - Pancreas of pig, sec. with islets of Langerhans - Kidney of cat, t.s. through cortex and medulla - Ovary of cat, t.s. with primary, secondary, and Graafian follicles - Testis of mouse, t.s. showing spermiogenesis - Sperm of bull, smear - Medullated nerve fibres, osmic acid fixed showing Ranvier’s nodes - Motor nerve cells, smear from spinal cord of cow - Spinal cord of cat, t.s. white and grey matter - Cerebrum, human, t.s. of cortex with pyramidal cells - Cerebellum of cat, t.s. shows Purkinje cells - Retina of cat, t.s. detail of rods and cones - Tongue of rabbit, t.s. of papilla foliata with taste buds - Human skin from palm, v.s. sweat glands - Human scalp, l.s. of hair follicles. BOTANY, BACTERIA AND CRYPTOGAMS - Bacteria from mouth, smear Gram stained showing bacilli, cocci, spirilli, spirochaetes - Bacillus subtilis, hay bacillus, smear with bacilli and spores - Streptococcus lactis, milk souring organisms - Oscillatoria, a blue green filamentous alga - Nostoc, blue green alga, colonies within gelatinous sheaths - Diatoms, mixed species - Cladophora, green alga, branched filaments with multinucleate cells - Volvox, with daughter colonies and sexual stages - Spirogyra, vegetative filaments with spiral chloroplasts - Spirogyra in scalariform conjugation, formation of zygotes - Desmids (Desmidiaceae), various species - Fucus vesiculosus, brown alga, female conceptacle with oogonia t.s. - Fucus vesiculosus, male conceptacle with antheridia t.s. - Mucor or Rhizopus, mould, w.m. of mycelium and sporangia - Morchella, morel, t.s. of fruiting body with asci and spores - Claviceps purpurea, ergot, sclerotium t.s. - Saccharomyces, yeast, budding cells w.m. - Psalliota, mushroom, t.s. of pileus with basidia and spores - Puccinia graminis, wheat rust, uredinia on wheat leaf t.s. - Puccinia graminis, aecidia and pycnidia on barberry leaf t.s. - Physcia, lichen, thallus with symbiotic algae t.s. - Marchantia, liverwort, antheridia l.s. - Marchantia, archegonia l.s. - Moss stem with leaves w.m. - Sphagnum, peat moss, w.m. of leaf with chlorophyll-bearing and hyaline cells. - Fern prothallium, w.m. showing sex organs - Pteridium, bracken fern, rhizome t.s. - Aspidium, t.s. of leaf with sori, sporangia and spores - Equisetum, horse tail, strobilus with spores l.s. Botany, Phanerogams. - Allium cepa, onion, w.m. of epidermis shows simple plant cells - Root tip and root hairs - Zea mays, corn, monocot root t.s. - Ranunculus, buttercup, dicot root t.s. - Tilia, lime, woody dicot root t.s. - Dahlia, t.s. tuber with inuline crystals - Lupinus, lupin, root nodules with symbiotic bacteria t.s. - Elodea, waterweed, stem apex l.s. meristematic tissue and leaf origin - Zea mays, corn, monocot stem with scattered bundles t.s. - Helianthus, sunflower, herbaceous dicot stem t.s. - Pyrus, pear, t.s. of fruit with stone cells - Solanum tuberosum, potato, tuber with starch and cork cells t.s. - Elodea, waterweed, aquatic stem with primitive bundle t.s. - Triticum, wheat, t.s. of stem of a gramineous plant - Aristolochia, birthwort, one year stem t.s. - Aristolochia, older stem t.s. - Sambucus, elderberry, stem with lenticels t.s. - Tilia, lime, three sections of wood - Cucurbita, pumpkin, l.s. of stem with sieve tubes and vessels - Cucurbita, pumpkin, stem t.s. with sieve plates - Euphorbia, spurge, stem with lactiferous ducts l.s. - Salvia, sage, t.s. of a square stem with angular collenchyma - Tulipa, tulip, epidermis of leaf with stomata and guard cells w.m. - Iris, typical monocot leaf t.s. - Syringa, lilac, leaf t.s. - Fagus, beech, sun and shade leaves, two t.s. - Nerium, oleander, xerophytic leaf with sunken stomata, t.s. - Lilium, lily, anthers t.s. - Lilium, ovary t.s. showing arrangement of ovules - Taraxacum, dandelion, composite flower l.s. - Triticum, wheat, grain with embryo l.s. - Pinus, pine, three sections of wood - Pinus, pine, male cone with pollen l.s. - Pinus, female cone with ovules l.s. - Pinus, mature pollen grains with wings w.m. CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS - Allium cepa, l.s. of root tips showing mitosis in all stages - Lilium, lily, t.s. of young anthers, meiotic stages of the pollen mother cells - Salamandra larva, sections with mitotic stages - Mitochondria, in thin sec. - Golgi apparatus, t.s. through spinal ganglion - Chloroplasts, in leaf of Elodea or Mnium, special stained - Aleurone grains, in sec. of Ricinus endosperm - Allium cepa, onion, w.m. of dry scale showing calcium oxalate crystals - Storage, section of liver or kidney, vital stained with trypan-blue to demonstrate storage - DNA in cell nuclei, by Feulgen staining technique - DNA and RNA, fixed and stained with methyl green and pyronine to show DNA and RNA in different colours - Giant chromosomes from the salivary gland of Chironomus. Individual genes and puffs can be observed - Human chromosomes, spread in the stage of metaphase, for counting chromosomes - Meiotic and mitotic stages in crayfish testis. Nuclear spindles - Maturation divisions in ova of Ascaris megalocephala - Cleavage stages in ova of Ascaris Embryology. - Chicken embryo, 48 hour, t.s. with neural tube and chorda - Sea-urchin development (Psammechinus miliaris), two cell, four cell and eight cell stages - Sea-urchin development (Psammechinus miliaris), morula, blastula and gastrula - Frog embryology (Rana), sec. trough the blastula stage showing the blastocoel - Frog embryology (Rana), sag. sec. through young larva in the tail bud stage, with primordia of organs. BACTERIA AND DISEASED ORGANS OF MAN - Escherichia coli, bacteria from colon, probably pathogenic, smear Gram stained - Eberthella typhi, causing typhoid fever, smear Gram stained - Tuberculous lung of man, t.s. with miliary tuberculosis - Coal dust lung (Anthracosis) of man, t.s. (smoker’s lung) - Liver cirrhosis of man caused by alcohol abuse, t.s. showing degeneration of liver cells - Arteriosclerosis, t.s. of diseased coronary artery - Metastatic carcinoma (cancer) of human liver, t.s. ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Leaf (needle) of fir (Abies), two t.s. of leaves, healthy and damaged by environmental influences (acid rain) - Leaf of beech (Fagus), two t.s. of leaves, healthy and damaged by environmental influences (acid rain) - Bacteria from waste-water, smear with many typical forms. |