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Nucleus
Nuclear
envelope EM of edge of nucleus (nucleus below,
E cytoplasm above). Shows double
ntire nucleus surrounded Cryofracture through nuclear layered nuclear envelope and nuclear
by nuclear envelope envelope (pocked by nuclear pores) pores (arrows)
EM of
Nuclear pores
nucleus
showing
envelope
and pore
Diagram of edge of
nucleus showing
envelope, pore and
connection with RER
Negative stain of isolated nuclear pore
complexes
Hetero- Another cell. Nucleus contains
chromatin patches of heterochromatin
around periphery and central Another cell. Nucleus contains patches
nucleolus surrounded by pale of heterochromatin around periphery
EM euchromatin and central nucleolus surrounded by
Euchromatin
of plasma cell. Nucleus pale euchromatin
contains patches of
heterochromatin
around periphery and
central nucleolus
surrounded by pale
euchromatin
Nucleolus
SEM of a mitochondrion
Diagram with named
components
Primary
Lysosomes
Ima
Prima
ges of primary
ry lysosomes tagged enzyme-
lysosomes (dark) histochemically for the presence of the
Lysosomes
marker enzyme acid phosphatase (specific
Image of primary (smaller, to lysosomes)
darker) and secondary (larger,
lighter with inclusions) lysosomes
Secondary
Lysosomes
Se
condary lysosome
(cannot identify Secondary lysosomes
organelles within)
Peroxisomes Limiting
(microbodies) membrane
Dense inclusion
(urate oxidase)
Peroxisomes (micro-
bodies, Mb), also shows Per
lysosome (Ly) oxisomes with urate-oxidase
inclusions
Vesicular
structures inside
Auto- which one can
phagosomes often identify
parts of other
organelles Autophagosome marked
by white arrow
Randomly
arranged
Smooth cisternae
Endoplasmic (tubular and
Reticulum vesicular
membrane-limited
spaces)
Parallel cisternae
Rough
Endoplasmic
Reticulum Ribosomes
(appear as dark
dots)
Ribosomes
Ribosomes (on
RER and free)
Ribosomes and
polyribosomes
Ribosomes on RER
Pea ribosomes and polyribosomes
Polyribosomes
(on RER and
free; ribosomes
connected by
mRNA)
Polyribosome (isolated
and negatively stained) Rough ER with ribosomes
Free Polyribosomes (chick
fibroblast)
Cis face (forming
face)
Trans face
Golgi (maturing face)
Complex
Transport
vesicles Ci
s (convex) face above,
Condensing Trans (concave) face
vesicles below
(condensing
vacuoles)
SEM of a single layer from a Golgi stack
Secretory
vesicles
(Secretory
granules)
Glycogen
granules
Clathrin-
coated
vesicles &
pits
Microfilament
s (actin, ~5nm)
Negative staining of
isolated actin filaments
SEM showing microfilaments supporting
(microfilaments)
Microfilaments at the core of microvilli
showing helical
structure microvilli (cross section)
Terminal web
Intermediate filament
bundles (cytokeratin,
tonofilaments) attached to a
desmosome
Microtubules
(~24 nm)
Microtubules in an
ultrathin section by
transmission EM
Cross section of myelinated axon
showing cross sections of
microtubules and neurofilaments
(intermediate filaments) within the
axon.
TEM of metaphase cell showing chromatin
(dark, arrows), centrioles (at poles) and
spindle fibers (microtubules) between
centrioles and chromatin.
Centriole
Two centriole pairs
Centriole with parts cut in
cross and longitudinal
section
Basal Body
Cilium in cross and Cross sections through microtubules Higher power image of axoneme
longitudinal section comprising the axoneme of cilia
showing cross sections of microtubules
Glycocalyx
Gly
cocalyx covering Erythrocyte glycocalyx
microvilli