Bursa of Fabricius
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Fold of the bursa of Fabricius of a chicken (HE) (2)
Where the follicles are in contact with the overlying epithelium, the cortex is only present at the anti-epithelial side of the follicle. The surface epithelium overlying these follicles, the follicular associated epithelium, is a low columnar epithelium that forms epithelial tufts of palely staining pyramidal cells.
The interfollicular surface epithelium is a darker staining pseudotratified columnar epithelium.