Gallbladder wall of a human patient with gallstones. The duct (clear zone at center) is lined by highly polarized epithelial cells with dark nuclei at the base. At the top of the picture, below the...

Gallbladder wall of a human patient with gallstones. The top layer is composed of highly polarized epithelial cells with microvilli partially visible at the apex and dark nuclei at the base. Below ...

Gallbladder wall of a human patient with gallstones. This low magnification view shows the wall of the diseased gallbladder to have a top layer of highly polarized epithelial cells over a large volu...