Human cheek cell under microscope

Introduction

The linear tissue inside the mouth is known as the basal mucosa and is made up of squamous epithelial cells. These structures, commonly referred to as cheek cells, divide about every 24 hours and continuously leave the body. The following images are of the cheek cell under microscope.


The main parts of a cheek cell:

  • cell membrane.
  • Nuclear membrane
  • cytoplasm.
  • nucleus.
  • organelle.

These are the parts that will be visible to you if you put cheek cell under a microscope. You may often see bacteria also but that needs a better microscope. You will not see bacteria with a low cost microscope.

Requirements for cheek cell slide preparation:

The things that will be needed to prepare a slide for cheek cell are:

How to prepare a wet mount cheek cell?

  1. Take a clean microscopic slide.
  2. Take a dropper and put a drop of water on the central part of the slide. ( physiological saline can also be used instead of water)
  3. To obtain cheek cells, gently scrab the inside of the mouth using a clean sterile tooth pick.
  4. Then smear the tooth pick on the slide where water drop was put. Smear for a few seconds to get the cells on to the slide.
  5. After that, add a drop of methylene blue dye on to the smear.
  6. Take a clean cover slip and gently place it on top of the smear to cover the stain and the cells.
  7. Then take a piece of tissue and touch gently on the border of the cover slip to remove any excess solution.
  8. Thus the slide for cheek cell is ready to be observed under a microscope.

Cheek cell under microscope (observation):

  • Large irregular shaped cells can be seen.
  • Cell membrane can be observed.
  • A deep blue colored nucleus can be seen at the central of each cell. ( each cell contains a nucleus )
  • A lightly stained cytoplasm can be detected.

Watch video of cheek cell under microscope



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